“1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be,
[that], as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of
Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counsel, execute judgment;
make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the
outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with
thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for
the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are
consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy shall the throne be
established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of
David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.”
“6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of
his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall]
not [be] so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl:
for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are]
stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah:
the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,
they are come [even] unto Jazer, they wandered [through] the wilderness:
her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 9 Therefore
I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water
thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy
summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken
away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there
shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall
tread out no wine in [their] presses; I have made [their vintage]
shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for
Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. 12 And it shall come to pass,
when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come
to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. 13 This [is] the
word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14 But
now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an
hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great
multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.” (Isaiah
16:1-14 AV)