{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Isaiah",
 "chapter": 16,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "For 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "And 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 hasting righteousness."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "We 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "And 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 prevail."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble."
  }
 ],
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}