16:1 Send
the
lamb
to
the
ruler
of
the
land,
from
Sela,
by
way
of
the
desert,
to
the
mount
of
the
daughter
of
Zion.
16:2 Like
fleeing
birds,
like
a
scattered
nest,
so
are
the
daughters
of
Moab
at
the
fords
of
the
Arnon.
16:3 "Give
counsel;
grant
justice;
make
your
shade
like
night
at
the
height
of
noon;
shelter
the
outcasts;
do
not
reveal
the
fugitive;
16:4 let
the
outcasts
of
Moab
sojourn
among
you;
be
a
shelter
to
them
from
the
destroyer.
When
the
oppressor
is
no
more,
and
destruction
has
ceased,
and
he
who
tramples
underfoot
has
vanished
from
the
land,
16:5 then
a
throne
will
be
established
in
steadfast
love,
and
on
it
will
sit
in
faithfulness
in
the
tent
of
David
one
who
judges
and
seeks
justice
and
is
swift
to
do
righteousness."
16:6 We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab--
how
proud
he
is!--
of
his
arrogance,
his
pride,
and
his
insolence;
in
his
idle
boasting
he
is
not
right.
16:7 Therefore
let
Moab
wail
for
Moab,
let
everyone
wail.
Mourn,
utterly
stricken,
for
the
raisin
cakes
of
Kir-hareseth.
16:8 For
the
fields
of
Heshbon
languish,
and
the
vine
of
Sibmah;
the
lords
of
the
nations
have
struck
down
its
branches,
which
reached
to
Jazer
and
strayed
to
the
desert;
its
shoots
spread
abroad
and
passed
over
the
sea.
16:9 Therefore
I
weep
with
the
weeping
of
Jazer
for
the
vine
of
Sibmah;
I
drench
you
with
my
tears,
O
Heshbon
and
Elealeh;
for
over
your
summer
fruit
and
your
harvest
the
shout
has
ceased.
16:10 And
joy
and
gladness
are
taken
away
from
the
fruitful
field,
and
in
the
vineyards
no
songs
are
sung,
no
cheers
are
raised;
no
treader
treads
out
wine
in
the
presses;
I
have
put
an
end
to
the
shouting.
16:11 Therefore
my
inner
parts
moan
like
a
lyre
for
Moab,
and
my
inmost
self
for
Kir-hareseth.
16:12 And
when
Moab
presents
himself,
when
he
wearies
himself
on
the
high
place,
when
he
comes
to
his
sanctuary
to
pray,
he
will
not
prevail.
16:13 This
is
the
word
that
the
LORD
spoke
concerning
Moab
in
the
past.
16:14 But
now
the
LORD
has
spoken,
saying,
"In
three
years,
like
the
years
of
a
hired
worker,
the
glory
of
Moab
will
be
brought
into
contempt,
in
spite
of
all
his
great
multitude,
and
those
who
remain
will
be
very
few
and
feeble."