Isaiah 1616IsaiahOracles about the nationsFree Bible Version

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1. Moab’s Destruction

   (Zephaniah 2:8–11)

2. 1FBVSend lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela through the desert, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.BSBBSB: Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
3. 2FBVThe Moabite women at the fords of the Arnon are like birds fluttering around when their nest is destroyed.BSBBSB: Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
4. 3FBVThink about it and make a decision. Make your shadow as invisible at midday as during the night. Hide the refugees; don't betray them as they run away.BSBBSB: “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
5. 4FBVLet my refugees stay among you, Moab. Hide them from our enemies until the destroyer is no more, the destruction is over, and the aggressive invaders have gone.BSBBSB: Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
6. 5FBVThen a kingdom will be set up based on trustworthy love, and on its throne will sit a faithful king from the line of David. He will judge fairly, and will be passionately committed to doing what is right.BSBBSB: in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
7. 6FBVWe know all about the pride of the Moabites, how terribly vain and conceited they are, completely arrogant! But their boasting is false.BSBBSB: We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
8. 7FBVAll the Moabites grieve for Moab. They all mourn the loss of the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, all of them destroyed.BSBBSB: Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
9. 8FBVHeshbon's fields have dried up, as have Sibmah's grapevines. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the vines that once branched out to Jazer and east towards the desert, and west as far as the sea.BSBBSB: For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
10. 9FBVSo I cry with Jazer for Sibmah's vines; I soak Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Nobody shouts in celebration over your summer fruit and your harvest any more.BSBBSB: So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
11. 10FBVJoy and happiness are gone. Nobody celebrates in the harvest fields or the vineyards; nobody shouts happily. Nobody treads grapes in the winepresses. I have stopped their cheering.BSBBSB: Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
12. 11FBVHeartbroken I cry for Moab like sad music on a harp; deep inside I weep for Kir-hareseth.BSBBSB: Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
13. 12FBVThe Moabites go and wear themselves out worshiping at their high places. They go to their shrines to pray, but it does them no good.BSBBSB: When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
14. 13FBVThis is the message that the Lord has already delivered about Moab.BSBBSB: This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
15. 14FBVBut now the Lord speaks again, and says, In three years, just as a contract worker precisely counts years, Moab's glory will turn into something to be laughed at. Despite there being so many Moabites now, soon there will only be a few feeble people left.BSBBSB: And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

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