VIN(i)
1 Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion.
2 Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.
3 "Give us counsel and render a decision. Make your shadow like night at high noon. Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the refugees.
4 "Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you. Be their shelter from the destroyer. The oppressor will come to an end. Destruction will cease! For the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab—exceedingly proud— of his arrogance, pride, and insolence; ⌊his boasting is not true⌋.
7 The Moabites cry, they cry out together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the men and the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
8 The fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah wither. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.
9 So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 That is why my heart mourns for Moab like a harp. I mourn for Kir Hareseth.
12 And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.
13 This is the word Yah Veh words ever since concerning Moab.
14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble."