Isaiah 16
1. Send * ye the lamb to the ruler * of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2. 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.
3. Take * counsel, execute * judgment; make * thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide * the outcasts * ; bewray * not him that wandereth * .
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Therefore shall Moab howl * for Moab, every one shall howl * : for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn * ; surely they are stricken.
8. 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.
9. 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 * .
10. 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 * .
11. Wherefore my bowels shall sound * like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12. 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 * .
13. This is the word that the LORD hath spoken * concerning Moab since that time.
14. 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.
