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  16:1 ¶
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. |
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16:1 ¶
Sendºº
ye the lambº
to the rulerºº
of the landº
from Selaºº
to the wilderness,º
untoº
the mountº
of the daughterº
of Zion.º |
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16:2
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon. |
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16:2
For it shall be,º
[that], as a wanderingºº
birdº
cast outºº
of the nest,º
[so] the daughtersº
of Moabº
shall beº
at the fordsº
of Arnon.º |
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16:3
Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive. |
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16:3
Takeºº
counsel,º
executeºº
judgment;º
makeºº
thy shadowº
as the nightº
in the midstº
of the noonday;º
hideºº
the outcasts;ºº
bewrayºº
notº
him that wandereth.ºº |
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16:4
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. |
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16:4
Let mine outcastsºº
dwellºº
with thee, Moab;º
beºº
thou a covertº
to them from the faceºº
of the spoiler:ºº
forº
the extortionerºº
is at an end,ºº
the spoilerº
ceaseth,ºº
the oppressorsºº
are consumedºº
out ofº
the land.º |
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16:5
And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness. |
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16:5
And in mercyº
shall the throneº
be established:ºº
and he shall sitºº
uponº
it in truthº
in the tabernacleº
of David,º
judging,ºº
and seekingºº
judgment,º
and hastingº
righteousness.º |
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16:6 ¶
We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought. |
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16:6 ¶
We have heardºº
of the prideº
of Moab;º
[he is] veryº
proud:º
[even] of his haughtiness,º
and his pride,º
and his wrath:º
[but] his liesº
[shall] notº
[be] so.º |
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16:7
Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken. |
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16:7
Thereforeº
shall Moabº
howlºº
for Moab,º
every oneº
shall howl:ºº
for the foundationsº
of Kirharesethº
shall ye mourn;ºº
surelyº
[they are] stricken.º |
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16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea. |
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16:8
Forº
the fieldsº
of Heshbonº
languish,ºº
[and] the vineº
of Sibmah:º
the lordsº
of the heathenº
have broken downºº
the principal plantsº
thereof, they are comeºº
[even] untoº
Jazer,º
they wanderedºº
[through] the wilderness:º
her branchesº
are stretched out,ºº
they are gone overºº
the sea.º |
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16:9 ¶
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the [battle] shout is fallen. |
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16:9 ¶
Thereforeºº
I will bewailºº
with the weepingº
of Jazerº
the vineº
of Sibmah:º
I will waterºº
thee with my tears,º
O Heshbon,º
and Elealeh:º
forº
the shoutingº
forº
thy summer fruitsº
and forº
thy harvestº
is fallen.ºº |
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16:10
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease. |
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16:10
And gladnessº
is taken away,ºº
and joyº
out ofº
the plentiful field;º
and in the vineyardsº
there shall be noº
singing,ºº
neitherº
shall there be shouting:ºº
the treadersºº
shall treadº
outºº
noº
wineº
in [their] presses;º
I have made [their vintage] shoutingº
to cease.ºº |
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16:11
Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres. |
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16:11
Whereforeºº
my bowelsº
shall soundºº
like an harpº
for Moab,º
and mine inward partsº
for Kirharesh.º |
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16:12 ¶
And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail. |
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16:12 ¶
And it shall come to pass,º
whenº
it is seenºº
thatº
Moabº
is wearyºº
onº
the high place,º
that he shall comeºº
toº
his sanctuaryº
to pray;ºº
but he shall notº
prevail.ºº |
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16:13
This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past. |
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16:13
Thisº
[is] the wordº
thatº
the LORDº
hath spokenºº
concerningº
Moabº
since that time.ºº |
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16:14
But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account. |
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16:14
But nowº
the LORDº
hath spoken,ºº
saying,ºº
Within threeº
years,º
as the yearsº
of an hireling,º
and the gloryº
of Moabº
shall be contemned,ºº
with allº
that greatº
multitude;º
and the remnantº
[shall be] veryº
smallºº
[and] feeble.ºº |
