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Isaiah 16

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¹ Send lambs to the ruler of the land, ⓜ from Sela in the desert ⓝ to the mountain of Daughter Zion.

² Like a bird fleeing, forced from the nest, the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

³ Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; ⓐ do not betray the one who flees.

⁴ Let my refugees stay with you; be a refuge for Moab [1] from the aggressor. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ended, and marauders have vanished from the land,

⁵ a throne will be established in love, ⓑ and one will sit on it faithfully [2] in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.

⁶ We have heard of Moab’s pride ⓒ — how very proud he is — his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his empty boasting.

⁷ Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes ⓓ of Kir-hareseth. ⓔ

⁸ For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choice vines that reached as far as Jazer ⓕ and spread to the desert. Their shoots spread out and reached the sea. ⓖ

⁹ So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent [3] over your summer fruit and your harvest.

¹⁰ Joy and rejoicing ⓗ have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. ⓘ No one tramples grapes [4] in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting.

¹¹ Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, ⓙ as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

¹² When Moab appears and tires himself out on the high place ⓚ and comes to his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good. ⓛ

¹³ This is the message that the LORD previously announced about Moab.

¹⁴ And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, ⓜ Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

#	CSB
1	Send lambs to the ruler of the land, ⓜ from Sela in the desert ⓝ to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
2	Like a bird fleeing, forced from the nest, the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
3	Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; ⓐ do not betray the one who flees.
4	Let my refugees stay with you; be a refuge for Moab [1] from the aggressor. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ended, and marauders have vanished from the land,
5	a throne will be established in love, ⓑ and one will sit on it faithfully [2] in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.
6	We have heard of Moab’s pride ⓒ — how very proud he is — his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his empty boasting.
7	Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes ⓓ of Kir-hareseth. ⓔ
8	For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choice vines that reached as far as Jazer ⓕ and spread to the desert. Their shoots spread out and reached the sea. ⓖ
9	So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent [3] over your summer fruit and your harvest.
10	Joy and rejoicing ⓗ have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. ⓘ No one tramples grapes [4] in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting.
11	Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, ⓙ as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
12	When Moab appears and tires himself out on the high place ⓚ and comes to his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good. ⓛ
13	This is the message that the LORD previously announced about Moab.
14	And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, ⓜ Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

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^{Isaiah 16:1 [23]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{Isaiah 16:10 [24]} Or holy

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