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    Let these refugees of Moab come in and stay.
    Protect these tempest-tossed; be their hiding place,
        a shelter safe from the destroyer.

See, when the one who has squeezed and oppressed you is gone
    and the forces of crushing violence wane in the land,
Then God will establish a royal throne, in loyal love—
    the One who rules there will be utterly reliable,
With absolute integrity under the auspices of David.
    With a passion for justice, He will be quick to decide and do what is right.

God’s answer to Moab’s plea for help is none other than the Messiah. One day David’s son will take the throne and rule with absolute justice.

Oh yes, we’ve heard of Moab, how much they think of themselves—
    so important, so valuable, so hot-tempered;
But we know it’s just idle boasts.

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Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter(A) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor(B) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;(C)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
In love a throne(D) will be established;(E)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house[a] of David(F)
one who in judging seeks justice(G)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

We have heard of Moab’s(H) pride(I)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent