D. messengers_of the -nation ? £}Let Mine outcasts dwell with thee,

That ‘the Lorp -hath _ founded Moab ;
Zion, “Be thou a covert to them from the_ . find. And the_=poor-_of His -people shall_ face_of the spoiler : refuge in J trust in it. For the extortioner *is_at_an_end, her. The spoiler -ceaseth, about 726. 1 THE_burden_of Moab. The oppressors -are_consumed out_
Moas. 5 Because in the night Ar_of Moab of the land.
, See JER. sis_laid_waste, and brought_to_ 5 And in /xmercy -shall the throne clviii, silence ; be_established :
Because in the night Kir_of Moab And he sshall_sit upon it in truth *is_laid_waste, and brought_to_ in the_‘e tabernacle_of David, silence ; Judging, and seeking judgment,
2 He -is_gone_up to xBajith, and to and hasting righteousness, Dibon, the high_places, to weep : 6 We have heard_of the_pride_of
Moab shall_howl over Nebo, and Moab; he is very proud : over Medeba: Even of his haughtiness, and his
On all their heads shall be baldness, pride, and his wrath: and every beard cut_off. But his lies shall not be so.
out-places.| 3 In their ostreets they ‘shall_gird_ 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for themselves_with sackcloth : oab,
On the_tops_of_their_houses, and Every one shall_howl :
, broad. in their streets, every one shall_ For the_foundations_of Kir-hare- places. howl, weeping abundantly. seth shall_ye_mourn ; #And Heshbon shall_cry, and Ele- Surely they are stricken.
aleh: Their voice -shall_be_heard even unto Jahaz: Therefore the _ armed _soldiers_of - , Moab shall_cry_out ; His life shall_be_grievous unto him. 5 My heart shall_cry_out for Moab ; His fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, A heifer_of three_years_old : For by the_mounting_up_of xLu- hith with weeping shall_they_go
it up; For in the_way_of Horonaim they
8 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 Jazer,
They wandered through the wilder- ness :
Her branches -are_stretched_out, they -are_gone_over the sea.
9 Therefore I will_bewail with the_
weeping _of Jazer the _ vine _of Sibmah :