Isaiah 16:8-14 ▼

8 For the fields of Heshbon have languished, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

9 Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.

10 Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful orchard; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or shouts of jubilation, No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.

11 Therefore my inner being moans like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.

12 So it will be when Moab appears, When he wearies himself upon his high place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.

13 This is the word which Yahweh spoke earlier concerning Moab.

14 But now Yahweh speaks, saying, “Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be dishonored along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and not mighty.”