¶ Send ye the lamb¹ to the ruler of the land from² Sela³ to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

For it shall be, that, as⁴ a wandering bird cast out of the nest⁵, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

Take⁶ counsel, execute judgment; make⁷ thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide⁸ the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

Let mine⁹ outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for¹⁰ the extortioner¹¹ is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

And in mercy¹² shall the throne be established¹³: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging¹⁴, and seeking judgment, and hasting¹⁵ righteousness.

¶ We have¹⁶ heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but¹⁷ his lies shall not be so.

Therefore shall Moab¹⁸ howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth¹⁹ shall ye mourn²⁰; surely they are stricken.

For the fields²¹ of Heshbon languish, and the vine²² of Sibmah: the lords²⁴ of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer²⁵, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out²⁶, they are gone over the sea.

Therefore I will bewail²⁷ with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon²⁸, and Elealeh: for²⁹ the shouting for³⁰ thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

¶³¹And 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.

Wherefore my³² bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh³³.

And it shall come to pass, when³⁵ it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall³⁶ come to his sanctuary to pray; but³⁷ he shall not prevail.

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since³⁸ that time.

But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three³⁹ years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory⁴⁰ of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant⁴¹ shall be very small and feeble⁴².