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Then a new loyal king will come.
    This faithful king will be from the family of David.
He will judge fairly.
    He wants to do what is right.

We have heard that the people of Moab are proud
    and very conceited.
They are very proud and angry.
    But their bragging means nothing.
So the people of Moab will cry.
    They will all be sad.
They will moan and groan
    for the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.

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In love a throne(A) will be established;(B)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house[a] of David(C)
one who in judging seeks justice(D)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

We have heard of Moab’s(E) pride(F)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail,(G)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes(H) of Kir Hareseth.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent