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\c 16
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\p
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\v 1 The rulers of Moab will say to each other,
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\q1 "We must send some lambs from the city of Sela as a gift to the ruler of Judah to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us anymore.
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\q2 We should send them through the desert to the king in Jerusalem."
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\q1
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\v 2 The women of Moab will be left alone at the fords of the Arnon River;
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\q2 they will be like birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 They will cry out, "Help us!
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\q2 Tell us what we should do!
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\q1 Protect us completely,
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\q2 we who are running away from our enemies,
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\q1 and do not betray us.
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\q1
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\v 4 Allow those of us who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you;
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\q2 hide us from our enemies who want to destroy us!
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\b
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\q1 Some day there will be no one to oppress us,
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\q2 and our enemies will stop destroying our land."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 Then Yahweh will appoint someone to be king
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\q2 who will be a descendant of King David.
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\q2 As this man rules, he will be merciful and truthful.
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\q1 He will always do what is fair
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\q2 and quickly do what is righteous.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 We people of Judah have heard about the people of Moab;
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\q2 we have heard that they are very proud and conceited;
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\q1 they are insolent,
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\q2 but what they say about themselves is not true.
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\q1
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\v 7 Some day all the people in Moab will weep.
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\q2 They will all mourn,
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\q1 because there will be no more raisin cakes in the city of Kir Hareseth.
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\q2 But more than the cakes, they mourn for the people who lived there, who were all killed.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 The crops in the fields of Heshbon will wither,
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\q2 and the vineyards of Sibmah will wither also.
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\q1 The armies of other nations will destroy Moab,
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\q2 which is like a beautiful grapevine
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\q1 whose branches spread north to Jazer,
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\q2 and east to the desert.
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\q1 Its branches spread very far west,
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\q2 to the west side of the Dead Sea.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 So I will weep for Jazer
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\q2 and for the grapevines of Sibmah.
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\q1 I will shed tears for all of you.
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\q1 I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do
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\q2 when they gather the fruit that ripens in the summer and the other crops.
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\q1
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\v 10 People will no longer be glad at harvest time.
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\q2 No one will sing in the vineyards;
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\q1 no one will shout joyfully.
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\q2 No one will tread on grapes to get grape juice for wine;
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\q2 there will be nothing to shout about joyfully.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 11 I cry in my inner being for Moab;
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\q2 my groaning is like a sad song played on a harp.
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\q1 I am sad in my inner being for Kir Hareseth.
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\q1
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\v 12 The people of Moab will go and pray at their high places,
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\q2 but that will not help them.
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\q1 They will cry out to their gods in their temples,
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\q2 but no one will be able to rescue them.
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\p
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\v 13 Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
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\v 14 But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that the people of Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak.
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