LEB(i)
1 An oracle of Moab:
Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed. 2 It has gone up to the house,* and Dibon to the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. ⌊Every head is bald⌋,* every beard is shaved. 3 They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping. 4 And Heshbon and Elealeh cry* out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out; its soul quivers* for him. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives flee up to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith it goes up it with weeping; for on the road of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for the grass has withered, the vegetation has vanished, there is no greenness. 7 Therefore they carry the abundance it has made and their store of goods over the river of the poplars. 8 For a cry for help has encircled the territory of Moab, her wailing is heard as far as Eglaim, and her wailing as far as Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon* are full of blood; but I will place added things upon Dimon: a lion for the survivors* of Moab and for the remnant of the land. 16 1 Send a ram* to the ruler of the land, from Sela across the desert to the mountain of ⌊daughter Zion⌋.* 2 And this shall be:
like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon. 3 "Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noonday. Hide the outcasts; you must not betray the fugitive. 4 Let my outcasts of Moab dwell as aliens among you; be a hiding place for them from the presence of the destroyer." When the oppressor is no more, destruction has stopped, the ⌊one who tramples has⌋* disappeared from the land, 5 then a throne shall be established in steadfast love, and one shall sit on it in faithfulness, in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and zealous for righteousness. 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab—exceedingly proud— of his arrogance, pride, and insolence; ⌊his boasting is not true⌋.* 7 Therefore Moab wails; all of it wails for Moab, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you moan, ⌊utterly devastated⌋.* 8 For Heshbon withers the fields, the vine of Sibmah; rulers of nations have broken down her tendrils, they reached up to Jazer, they wandered to the desert; her shoots spread abroad, they crossed over the sea. 9 Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears,* Heshbon and Elealeh, for a jubilant shout has fallen over your summer fruit and harvest. 10 And joy and gladness are* taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to the jubilant shout. 11 Therefore my ⌊heart moans⌋* like a harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres. 12 And this shall happen:
when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail. 13 This was the word that Yahweh spoke to Moab ⌊in the past⌋.* 14 But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and the remnant will be a few, small, not strong.
Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed. 2 It has gone up to the house,* and Dibon to the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. ⌊Every head is bald⌋,* every beard is shaved. 3 They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping. 4 And Heshbon and Elealeh cry* out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out; its soul quivers* for him. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives flee up to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith it goes up it with weeping; for on the road of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for the grass has withered, the vegetation has vanished, there is no greenness. 7 Therefore they carry the abundance it has made and their store of goods over the river of the poplars. 8 For a cry for help has encircled the territory of Moab, her wailing is heard as far as Eglaim, and her wailing as far as Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon* are full of blood; but I will place added things upon Dimon: a lion for the survivors* of Moab and for the remnant of the land. 16 1 Send a ram* to the ruler of the land, from Sela across the desert to the mountain of ⌊daughter Zion⌋.* 2 And this shall be:
like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon. 3 "Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noonday. Hide the outcasts; you must not betray the fugitive. 4 Let my outcasts of Moab dwell as aliens among you; be a hiding place for them from the presence of the destroyer." When the oppressor is no more, destruction has stopped, the ⌊one who tramples has⌋* disappeared from the land, 5 then a throne shall be established in steadfast love, and one shall sit on it in faithfulness, in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and zealous for righteousness. 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab—exceedingly proud— of his arrogance, pride, and insolence; ⌊his boasting is not true⌋.* 7 Therefore Moab wails; all of it wails for Moab, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you moan, ⌊utterly devastated⌋.* 8 For Heshbon withers the fields, the vine of Sibmah; rulers of nations have broken down her tendrils, they reached up to Jazer, they wandered to the desert; her shoots spread abroad, they crossed over the sea. 9 Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears,* Heshbon and Elealeh, for a jubilant shout has fallen over your summer fruit and harvest. 10 And joy and gladness are* taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to the jubilant shout. 11 Therefore my ⌊heart moans⌋* like a harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres. 12 And this shall happen:
when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail. 13 This was the word that Yahweh spoke to Moab ⌊in the past⌋.* 14 But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and the remnant will be a few, small, not strong.