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1. You people should send a gift to the king of the land. You should send a lamb from Sela, through the desert, to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
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1. Send H7971 ye the lamb H3733 to the ruler H4910 of the land H776 from Sela H4480 H5554 to the wilderness H4057 , unto H413 the mount H2022 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 .
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2. The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon. They run around looking for help, like little birds that have fallen from their nest.
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2. For it shall be H1961 , that , as a wandering H5074 bird H5775 cast out H7971 of the nest H7064 , so the daughters H1323 of Moab H4124 shall be H1961 at the fords H4569 of Arnon H769 .
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3. They say, "Help us! Tell us what to do. Protect us from our enemies as shade protects us from the noon sun. We are running from our enemies. Hide us! Don't give us to our enemies.
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3. Take H935 counsel H6098 , execute H6213 judgment H6415 ; make H7896 thy shadow H6738 as the night H3915 in the midst H8432 of the noonday H6672 ; hide H5641 the outcasts H5080 ; betray H1540 not H408 him that wandereth H5074 .
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4. People from Moab were forced to leave their homes. So let them live in your land. Hide them from their enemies." The robbing will stop. The enemy will be defeated. The men who hurt the people will be gone from the land.
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4. Let mine outcasts H5080 dwell H1481 with thee, Moab H4124 ; be H1933 thou a covert H5643 to them from the face H4480 H6440 of the spoiler H7703 : for H3588 the extortioner H4160 is at an end H656 , the spoiler H7701 ceaseth H3615 , the oppressors H7429 are consumed H8552 out of H4480 the land H776 .
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5. Then a new king will come. He will be from David's family. He will be loyal, loving, and kind. He will be a king who judges fairly. He will do what is right and good.
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5. And in mercy H2617 shall the throne H3678 be established H3559 : and he shall sit H3427 upon H5921 it in truth H571 in the tabernacle H168 of David H1732 , judging H8199 , and seeking H1875 judgment H4941 , and hasting H4106 righteousness H6664 .
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6. We have heard that the people of Moab are very proud and conceited. They are hot-tempered braggers, but their boasts are only empty words.
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6. We have heard H8085 of the pride H1347 of Moab H4124 ; he is very H3966 proud H1341 : even of his haughtiness H1346 , and his pride H1347 , and his wrath H5678 : but his lies H907 shall not H3808 be so H3651 .
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7. Because of their pride, everyone in Moab will mourn. They will wish for the way things used to be. They will wish for the fig-cakes from Kir Hareseth.
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7. Therefore H3651 shall Moab H4124 howl H3213 for Moab H4124 , every one H3605 shall howl H3213 : for the foundations H808 of Kir H7025 -hareseth shall ye mourn H1897 ; surely H389 they are stricken H5218 .
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8. The fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah no longer grow grapes. Foreign rulers have destroyed the vines. The enemy has reached Jazer and has spread into the desert and down to the sea.
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8. For H3588 the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 languish H535 , and the vine H1612 of Sibmah H7643 : the lords H1167 of the heathen H1471 have broken down H1986 the principal plants H8291 thereof , they are come H5060 even unto H5704 Jazer H3270 , they wandered H8582 through the wilderness H4057 : her branches H7976 are stretched out H5203 , they are gone over H5674 the sea H3220 .
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9. I will cry with the people of Jazer and Sibmah, because the grapes have been destroyed. I will cry with the people of Heshbon and Elealeh because there will be no harvest. There will be no summer fruit, and there will be no shouts of joy for the harvest.
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9. Therefore H5921 H3651 I will bewail H1058 with the weeping H1065 of Jazer H3270 the vine H1612 of Sibmah H7643 : I will water H7301 thee with my tears H1832 , O Heshbon H2809 , and Elealeh H500 : for H3588 the shouting H1959 for H5921 thy summer fruits H7019 and for H5921 thy harvest H7105 is fallen H5307 .
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10. There will be no joy and happiness in the orchard. I will end the happy singing and shouting in the vineyard. The grapes are ready to make wine, but they will all be ruined.
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10. And gladness H8057 is taken away H622 , and joy H1524 out of H4480 the plentiful field H3759 ; and in the vineyards H3754 there shall be no H3808 singing H7442 , neither H3808 shall there be shouting H7321 : the treaders H1869 shall tread H1869 out no H3808 wine H3196 in their presses H3342 ; I have made their vintage shouting H1959 to cease H7673 .
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11. So I will hum a sad song for Moab and Kir Heres, like a harp playing a funeral song.
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11. Wherefore H921 H3651 my bowels H4578 shall sound H1993 like a harp H3658 for Moab H4124 , and mine inward parts H7130 for Kir H7025 -haresh.
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12. The people of Moab will go to their high places to worship. They will go to their temple to pray, but it will not help them.
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12. And it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 it is seen H7200 that H3588 Moab H4124 is weary H3811 on H5921 the high place H1116 , that he shall come H935 to H413 his sanctuary H4720 to pray H6419 ; but he shall not H3808 prevail H3201 .
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13. The Lord said these things about Moab many times.
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13. This H2088 is the word H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 concerning H413 Moab H4124 since that time H4480 H227 .
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14. And now the Lord says, "In three years (counting as exactly as a hired worker would) all those people and the things they are proud of will be gone. Only a few of their weakest people will be left."
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14. But now H6258 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 , saying H559 , Within three H7969 years H8141 , as the years H8141 of a hireling H7916 , and the glory H3519 of Moab H4124 shall be contemned H7034 , with all H3605 that great H7227 multitude H1995 ; and the remnant H7605 shall be very small H4592 H4213 and feeble H3808 H3524 .
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