15 But thou shalt be brought down to the grave, to the sides of the pit.

16

Those that see thee shall look attentively at

thee; they shall well consider thee:

Is this the man, that made the earth to tremble; that shook the kingdoms?

17 That made the world like a desert; that destroyed the cities ?

That never dismissed his captives to their own home?

18 All the kings of the nations, all of them,

Lie down in glory, each in his own sepulchre : 19 But thou art cast out of the grave, as the tree abominated;

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Clothed with the slain, with the pierced by the sword,

With them that go down to the stones of the pit; as a trodden carcass.

20 Thou shalt not be joined unto them in burial; Because thou hast destroyed thy country, thou hast slain thy people :

21

The seed of evil doers shall never be renowned. Prepare ye slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers;

Lest they rise, and possess the earth; and fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will arise against them, saith JEHOVAH God of hosts:

And I will cut off from Babylon the name, and

the remnant;

And the son, and the son's son, saith JEHOVAH.

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23 And I will make it an inheritance for the porcupine, and pools of water;

24

And I will plunge it in the miry gulph of de

struction, saith JEHOVAH God of hosts. JEHOVAH God of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have devised, so shall it be;

And as I have purposed, that thing shall stand: 25 To crush the Assyrian in my land, and to trample him on my mountains.

26

Then shall his yoke depart from off them;

And his burden shall be removed from off their shoulder.

This is the decree, which is determined on the whole earth;

And this the hand, which is stretched out over all the nations:

27 For JEHOVAH God of hosts hath decreed; and who shall disannul it?

And it is his hand, that is stretched out; and who shall turn it back?

28

IN THE YEAR, IN WHICH AHAZ THE KING
DIED, THIS ORACLE WAS DELIVERED.

29

REJOICE not, O Philistia, with one consent; Because the rod, that smote thee, is broken:

For from the root of the serpent shall come
forth a basilisk;

And his fruit shall be a flying fiery serpent.
30 For the poor shall feed on my choice first-fruits;
And the needy shall lie down in security:
But he will kill thy root with drought;
And thy remnant he will slay.

31

Howl, O gate; cry out, O city!

O Philistia, thou art altogether sunk in consternation!

For from the north cometh a smoke;

And there shall not be a straggler among his levies.

32 And what answer shall be given to the ambassadors of the nations?

That JEHOVAH hath laid the foundation of Sion; of his people shall take refuge in

And the

poor

Because in the night Kir is destroyed, Moab is undone !

2 He goeth up to Beth-Dibon, to the high places

to weep:

On her house tops, and to her open places, Every one howleth, descendeth with weeping. 4 And Heshbon and Eleale cry out aloud; Unto Jahats is their voice heard: Yea the very loins of Moab cry out; Her life is grievous unto her.

5 The heart of Moab crieth within her ;

To Tsoar [she crieth out] like the lowing of a young heifer:

Yea the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they ascend;

Yea in the way of Horonaim they raise a cry

destruction.

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6 For the waters of Nimrim shall become desolate : For the pasture is withered, the tender plant faileth, the green herb is no more.

7 Wherefore the riches, which they have gained, shall perish;

And what they have deposited, to the valley of willows shall be carried away.

8 For the cry encompasseth the border of Moab : To Eglaim reacheth her moan; and to BeerElim her howling.

9 Yea the waters of Dimon are full of blood : Yet will I bring more evils upon Dimon;

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Upon the escaped of Moab and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah.

I will send forth the son of the ruler of the land,

From Selah of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion.

2 And as wandering birds, driven from the nest, So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.

3 Impart counsel; interpose with equity;

Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday.

Hide the outcasts; discover not the fugitive. 4 Let the outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee, [O Sion ;]

Be thou to them a covert from the destroyer. For the oppressor is no more, the destroyer ceaseth;

He that trampled you under foot is perished from the land.

5 And the throne shall be established in mercy, And in truth shall One sit thereon ;

In the tabernacle of David a judge;

Carefully searching out the right, and despatching justice.

6 We have heard the pride of Moab; he is very proud;

His haughtiness, and his pride, and his anger: vain are his lies.

7 Therefore shall Moab lament aloud;