1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land, from the rock of the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2For it shall be [that] as a wandering bird cast out of the nest [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3Take counsel; execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; do not betray him that escapes. 4Let my outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the presence of the destroyer; for the extortioner shall come to an end, the destroyer shall cease, the oppressor shall be consumed out of the land. 5And in mercy shall the throne be established; and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and hastening righteousness. 6We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud, [even] of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath, [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so. 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one shall howl; for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken. 8For the vines of Heshbon were cut off [and] the vines of Sibmah; the lords of the Gentiles have trodden down the offshoots thereof, which had come [even] unto Jazer and extended [through] the wilderness; they had gone over the sea. 9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping Jazer of the vine of Sibmah; I will cause thee to drink my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, for the song shall cease upon thy summer fruits and thy harvest. 10And gladness is taken away and joy out of the fertile field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be rejoicing: the treaders shall tread out no wine in [their] presses; I have made [their vintage] song to cease. 11Therefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab and my inward parts for Kirharesh. 12And it shall come to pass when it is seen that Moab is weary upon the high places that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray, but he shall be unable to. 13This [is] the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as a hireling [counts the] years, the glory of Moab shall be cast down, with all [her] great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] few, small [and] feeble.: