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Let the fugitives[a] from Moab
    settle among you;
be a shelter to them
    from the destroyer.

When the oppressor comes to an end,
    and destruction has[b] ceased,
        and the marauder[c] has[d] vanished from the land,
then a throne will be established in gracious love,
    and there will sit in faithfulness—
        in the Tent of David—
one who judges, seeks justice,
    and is swift to do what is right.”

“We’ve heard about Moab’s pride—
    so very proud he became!—[e]
his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
    therefore he is alone.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my fugitives
  2. Isaiah 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have
  3. Isaiah 16:4 Lit. the one who tramples underfoot
  4. Isaiah 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have
  5. Isaiah 16:6 So 1QIsaa MTmss; cf. Jer 48:29; MT reads how very proud he was
  6. Isaiah 16:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read but his boasts mean nothing