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Yeshayahu 16

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16:1

Module 2: The Burdens of the Nations and the Day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Tziyon.
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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.
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The Plea for the Shadow of the Remnant

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
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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.
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And in mercy (Chesed) shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of Dawid, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
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The Indictment of Moabite Pride

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.
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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-Chereseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
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The Weeping for the Vine of Sibmah

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 Yazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
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Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Yazer 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.
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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.
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The Acoustic Resonance of the Bowels

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-Chereseth.
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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.
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The Three-Year Chronological Timer

This is the word that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
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But now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the Kabod of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.