微读圣经

1Send lambs to the ruler of the land,16:1 2Kg 3:4

from Sela in the desert16:1 2Kg 14:7; Is 42:11

to the mountain of Daughter Zion.

2Like a bird fleeing,

forced from the nest,

the daughters of Moab

will be at the fords of the Arnon.

3Give us counsel and make a decision.

Shelter us at noonday

with shade that is as dark as night.

Hide the refugees;16:3 1Kg 18:4

do not betray the one who flees.

4Let my refugees stay with you;

be a refuge for Moab16:4 Or you; Moab — be a refuge for him from the aggressor.

When the oppressor has gone,

destruction has ended,

and marauders have vanished from the land,

5a throne will be established in love,16:5 Is 9:6–7; 32:1; 55:4; Dn 7:14; Mc 4:7; Lk 1:33

and one will sit on it faithfully16:5 Or continually

in the tent of David,

judging and pursuing what is right,

quick to execute justice.

6We have heard of Moab’s pride16:6 Jr 48:29; Am 2:1; Ob 3–4; Zph 2:8,10 —

how very proud he is —

his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance,

and his empty boasting.

7Therefore let Moab wail;

let every one of them wail for Moab.

You who are completely devastated, mourn

for the raisin cakes16:7 2Sm 6:19; 1Ch 16:3; Sg 2:5; Hs 3:1 of Kir-hareseth.16:7 2Kg 3:25; Jr 48:31

8For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards

and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.

The rulers of the nations

have trampled its choice vines

that reached as far as Jazer16:8 Nm 21:32; Jos 13:25

and spread to the desert.

Their shoots spread out

and reached the sea.16:8 Jr 48:32

9So I join with Jazer

to weep for the vines of Sibmah;

I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.

Triumphant shouts have fallen silent16:9 Or Battle cries have fallen

over your summer fruit and your harvest.

10Joy and rejoicing16:10 Is 24:8; Jr 48:33 have been removed from the orchard;

no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.16:10 Jdg 9:27; Is 24:7; Am 5:11,17

No one tramples grapes16:10 Lit wine in the winepresses.

I have put an end to the shouting.

11Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,16:11 Is 15:5; 63:15; Jr 48:36; Hs 11:8; Php 2:1

as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

12When Moab appears

and tires himself out on the high place16:12 1Kg 18:29

and comes to his sanctuary to pray,

it will do him no good.16:12 Is 15:2

13This is the message that the Lord previously announced about Moab.

14And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years,16:14 Jb 7:1; 14:6; Is 21:16 Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

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