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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">How you have fallen from heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.14.12"><span class="content">morning star, son of the dawn!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.14.12"><span class="content">You have been cast down to the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.14.12"><span class="content">you who once laid low the nations!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You said in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I will ascend to the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">I will raise my throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">above the stars of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the north</span><span class="ft">; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.14.14"><span class="content">I will make myself like the Most High.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.14.15"><span class="content">to the depths of the pit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Those who see you stare at you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.14.16"><span class="content">they ponder your fate:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.14.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Is this the man who shook the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.14.16"><span class="content">and made kingdoms tremble,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">the man who made the world a wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.14.17"><span class="content">who overthrew its cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.14.17"><span class="content">and would not let his captives go home?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">All the kings of the nations lie in state,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.14.18"><span class="content">each in his own tomb.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But you are cast out of your tomb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">like a rejected branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">you are covered with the slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">with those pierced by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">those who descend to the stones of the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">Like a corpse trampled underfoot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">you will not join them in burial,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="content">for you have destroyed your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="content">and killed your people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="content">Let the offspring of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="content">never be mentioned again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Prepare a place to slaughter his children</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.14.21"><span class="content">for the sins of their ancestors;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.14.21"><span class="content">they are not to rise to inherit the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.14.21"><span class="content">and cover the earth with their cities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will rise up against them,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="content">&#8220;I will wipe out Babylon&#8217;s name and survivors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="content">her offspring and descendants,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will turn her into a place for owls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.14.23"><span class="content">and into swampland;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.14.23"><span class="content">I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.14.23"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sworn,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">and as I have purposed, so it will happen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I will crush the Assyrian in my land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">on my mountains I will trample him down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">His yoke will be taken from my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">and his burden removed from their shoulders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">This is the plan determined for the whole world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="content">this is the hand stretched out over all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="content">His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">that the rod that struck you is broken;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The poorest of the poor will find pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">and the needy will lie down in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">But your root I will destroy by famine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">it will slay your survivors.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Wail, you gate! Howl, you city!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">Melt away, all you Philistines!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">A cloud of smoke comes from the north,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">and there is not a straggler in its ranks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">What answer shall be given</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">to the envoys of that nation?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has established Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.14.32"><span class="content">and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Moab</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Moab:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">Ar in Moab is ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">destroyed in a night!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">Kir in Moab is ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">destroyed in a night!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Dibon goes up to its temple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">to its high places to weep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">Every head is shaved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">and every beard cut off.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the streets they wear sackcloth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">on the roofs and in the public squares</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">they all wail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">prostrate with weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">and their hearts are faint.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My heart cries out over Moab;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">They go up the hill to Luhith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">weeping as they go;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">on the road to Horonaim</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">they lament their destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The waters of Nimrim are dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">and the grass is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">the vegetation is gone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">and nothing green is left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the wealth they have acquired and stored up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="content">they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The waters of Dimon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="fq">Dimon</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Dibon </span><span class="ft">(see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">blood</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are full of blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">but I will bring still more upon Dimon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="fq">Dimon</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Dibon </span><span class="ft">(see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">blood</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">a lion upon the fugitives of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.15.9"><span class="content">and upon those who remain in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Send lambs as tribute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.16.1"><span class="content">to the ruler of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.16.1"><span class="content">from Sela, across the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.16.1"><span class="content">to the mount of Daughter Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like fluttering birds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.16.2"><span class="content">pushed from the nest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.16.2"><span class="content">so are the women of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.16.2"><span class="content">at the fords of the Arnon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make up your mind,&#8221; Moab says.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Render a decision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">Make your shadow like night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">at high noon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">Hide the fugitives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">do not betray the refugees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="content">be their shelter from the destroyer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="content">The oppressor will come to an end,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="content">and destruction will cease;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="content">the aggressor will vanish from the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In love a throne will be established;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="content">in faithfulness a man will sit on it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="content">one from the house</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">tent</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="content">one who in judging seeks justice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="content">and speeds the cause of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We have heard of Moab&#8217;s pride&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.16.6"><span class="content">how great is her arrogance!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.16.6"><span class="content">of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.16.6"><span class="content">but her boasts are empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore the Moabites wail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.16.7"><span class="content">they wail together for Moab.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.16.7"><span class="content">Lament and grieve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.16.7"><span class="content">for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fields of Heshbon wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">the vines of Sibmah also.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">The rulers of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">have trampled down the choicest vines,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">which once reached Jazer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">and spread toward the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">Their shoots spread out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">and went as far as the sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:8 </span><span class="ft">Probably the Dead Sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So I weep, as Jazer weeps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">for the vines of Sibmah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">Heshbon and Elealeh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">I drench you with tears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">and over your harvests have been stilled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.16.10"><span class="content">no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.16.10"><span class="content">no one treads out wine at the presses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.16.10"><span class="content">for I have put an end to the shouting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My heart laments for Moab like a harp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.16.11"><span class="content">my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Moab appears at her high place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.16.12"><span class="content">she only wears herself out;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.16.12"><span class="content">when she goes to her shrine to pray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.16.12"><span class="content">it is to no avail.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the word the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has already spoken concerning Moab. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8220;Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab&#8217;s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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