1Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela of the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2For it shall be as a fluttering bird cast out of the nest; so it shall be for the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon. 3Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow as night in the middle of the day; hide the outcasts; do not betray the one who flees. 4Let My outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be a shelter to them from the face of the destroyer; for the extortioner is at an end, the destroyer ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5And in mercy the throne shall be established; and One shall sit on it in truth in the tent of David, judging and seeking swift justice in righteousness. 6We have heard of the pride of Moab; very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his rage; but it is all empty talk. 7Therefore Moab shall howl for Moab, everyone shall howl. You shall mourn for the foundations of Kir-hareseth; surely they are stricken. 8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have beat down its choice plants which have come to Jazer, and wandered in the wilderness; her branches are stretched out, they have crossed over the sea. 9Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah with the weeping of Jazer. I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for the shouting for your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen short. 10Gladness and joy are removed out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing and no shouting. The treader shall tread out no wine in the presses; I have made their shouting to cease. 11Therefore my stomach shall growl like a harp for Moab, and my inner being for Kir-heres. 12And it shall come to pass when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not have enough strength. 13This is the Word which Jehovah has spoken to Moab since that time. 14But now Jehovah has spoken, saying, Within three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be disgraced with all that great multitude; and the little remnant shall be few, not mighty.