4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; 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.
5 In mercy athe throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, bJudging and seeking justice and hastening crighteousness.”
6 We have heard of the apride of Moab— Heis very proud— Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; bBut his1 lies shall not be so.
7 Therefore Moab shall awail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations bof Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely theyare stricken.
8 For athe fields of Heshbon languish, Andbthe 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.
9 Therefor1e I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, 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.
Pride and wrath are often present together, a major reason why pride leads to fighting. The degree of wrath is not the issue, only that it is present. In this context, the wrath of Moab is notable because it is excessive and unjustified (see Amos 2:1).
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