Moab Destroyed
bFrom1 Sela to the wilderness,
To the mount of the daughter of Zion.
So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the bArnon.
Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day;
Hide the outcasts,
Do not betray him who escapes.
Be a shelter to them from the face of the1 spoiler.
For the extortioner is at an end,
Devastation ceases,
The oppressors are consumed out of the land.
And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David,
bJudging and seeking justice and hastening crighteousness.”
He is very proud—
Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath;
bBut his1 lies shall not be so.
Everyone shall wail.
For the foundations bof Kir Hareseth you shall mourn;
Surely they are stricken.
And bthe vine of Sibmah;
The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants,
Which have reached to Jazer
And wandered through the wilderness.
Her branches are stretched out,
They are gone over the csea.
With the weeping of Jazer;
I will drench you with my tears,
aO Heshbon and Elealeh;
For battle cries have fallen
Over your summer fruits and your harvest.
And joy from the plentiful field;
In the vineyards there will be no singing,
Nor will there be shouting;
No treaders will tread out wine in the presses;
I have made their shouting cease.
When it is seen that Moab is weary on athe high place,
That he will come to his sanctuary to pray;
But he will not prevail.
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American Standard Version
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Amplified® Bible
For like wandering birds, like a brood cast out {and} a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
Contemporary English Version
The women of Moab crossing the Arnon River are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.
Darby English Version
And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Good News Bible
They wait on the banks of the Arnon River and move aimlessly back and forth, like birds driven from their nest.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then, like fleeing birds {or} scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
New International Version
Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
New King James Version
For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest;
So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,The daughters of Moab will stand at the fords of the Arnon.
Revised Standard Version
Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, `at' fords of Arnon.
New English Translation
At the fords of the Arnon1 the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.2
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