Isaiah:16
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Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness ,
unto the mount of the daughter of Zion .
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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 .
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Take counsel ,
execute judgment ;
make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ;
hide the outcasts ;
bewray not him that wandereth .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab ,
every one shall howl :
for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn ;
surely they are stricken .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab ,
and mine inward parts for Kirharesh .
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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 .
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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time .
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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 .