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Therefore Moab will wail for Moab—
    everyone will wail!
For the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth
    you will moan, utterly stricken.
For the fields of Heshbon have withered,
    as well as the vine of Sibmah.
Rulers of nations have trampled the choice clusters,
    that reached as far as Jazer and into the desert,
    its branches spread out
    and crossed to the sea.
Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer,
    for the vine of Sibmah.
I will drench you with my tears,
    O Heshbon and Elealeh.
For on your summer and your harvest
    the battle cry has fallen.

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Therefore the Moabites wail,(A)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes(B) of Kir Hareseth.(C)
The fields of Heshbon(D) wither,(E)
    the vines of Sibmah(F) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,(G)
which once reached Jazer(H)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(I)
    and went as far as the sea.[a](J)
So I weep,(K) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(L)
    I drench you with tears!(M)
The shouts of joy(N) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests(O) have been stilled.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea