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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 .
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