Send the (tribute) lambs to the ruler of the land , from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
- Like fluttering birds ... pushed out of the nest , so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon :
“ Give us counsel ; render a decision. ... Shelter us at noonday with shade ... as dark as night. Hide the refugees ; do not betray the one who flees.
Let my fugitives stay be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer. ” When the oppressor has gone , destruction has ceased , and the oppressors have vanished from the land ,
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on (it) in faithfulness.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity , his exceeding pride (and) conceit , his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty ....
Therefore let Moab wail ; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes vvv of Kir-hareseth , you who are utterly stricken.
For the fields of Heshbon have withered , along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines , which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
So ... I weep ... with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah ; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh ... with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit ... and your harvest.
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard ; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples ... the grapes in the winepresses ; ... I have put an end to the cheering.
Therefore ... my heart laments for Moab like a harp , my inmost being vvv for Kir-heres.
- When Moab appears on the high place , when he wearies himself and enters ... his sanctuary to pray , it will do him no good.
This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
And now the LORD ... says , “ In three years , as a hired worker counts the years , Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt , with all her many people. And those who are left will be few ... (and) feeble .... ”