Isaiah 16:1-5

Send a flock of lambs from the rock of the desert as a gift to the leaders in Jerusalem, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion. At the banks of the River Arnon, the women of Moab are like newly hatched, fluttering birds. They say, “Make a decision! Give us shelter. Hide the fugitives. Don’t betray them! Allow the Moabite fugitives to stay with you. Be a shelter for them from the destroyer!” One day the oppressor will be no more. The destroyer will come to an end, and the tyrant will vanish from the land. Then a government of unfailing love will be established, with a faithful king in the tabernacle of David, passionate for justice and swift to do what is right.