1 S end the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness,—unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 A nd it shall be as a wandering bird, a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

3 B ring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive.

4 L et mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster. For the extortioner is at an end, the wasting hath ceased, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

5 A nd a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

6 W e have heard of the arrogance of Moab,— very proud,—of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.

7 T herefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.

8 F or the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants: they reached unto Jaazer, they wandered the wilderness; its shoots stretched out, they went beyond the sea.

9 T herefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.

10 A nd joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry to cease.

11 T herefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.

12 A nd it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

13 T his is the word which Jehovah hath spoken from of old concerning Moab.

14 A nd now Jehovah speaketh saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired servant, and the glory of Moab shall be brought to nothing, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be small, few, of no account.