Yasha'Yahu (Isaiah) — 16

1 Send lambs from Sala as tribute to the ruler of the land, send them through the desert to the mountain of beautiful Ziun.

2 The women of Muab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnun River.

3 “Help us,” they cry, “Defend us against our enemies, Protect us from their relentless attack, Do not betray us now that we have escaped.

4 Let our refugees stay among you, hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.” When oppression and destruction have ended and enemy raiders have disappeared,

5 then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will establish one of Daud’s descendants as king, he will rule with mercy and truth, he will always do what is just and be eager to do what is right.

6 We have heard about proud Muab, about its pride and arrogance and rage, but all that boasting has disappeared.

7 The entire land of Muab weeps, Yes, everyone in Muab mourns for the cakes of raisins from Kir-harasath, They are all gone now.

8 The farms of Hashbun are abandoned; the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted, the rulers of the nations have broken down Muab, that beautiful grapevine, its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Yazar and trailed eastward into the wilderness, Its shoots reached so far west that they crossed over the Dead Sea.

9 So now I weep for Yazar and the vineyards of Sibmah; my tears will flow for Hashbun and Alaalah, there are no more shouts of joy over your summer fruits and harvest.

10 Gone now is the gladness,  gone the joy of harvest there will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses, I have ended all their harvest joys.

11 My heart’s cry for Muab is like a lament on a harp, I am filled with anguish for Kir-harasath.

12 The people of Muab will worship at their pagan shrines, but it will do them no good, They will cry to the idols in their temples, but no one will be able to save them.

13 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has already Dabar  of these things about Muab in the past. 

14 But now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH says, “Within three years, counting each day, the kabad of Muab will be ended, from its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.”