Self-interpreting Bible

1 SEND ye ^athe lamb to the ruler of the land from ¹Sela to the ^bwilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

• a: 2Sa. 8:2 , 2Ki. 3:4 , Ezr. 7:17 , Ezr. 7:23
• 1: Or, Petra. Heb. a rock.
• b: Jos. 15:61 , 2Ki. 25:5 , 2Sa. 15:28 , 2Sa. 17:16 , Is. 40:3 , Mat. 3:1

2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird ²cast out of the nest, so ^cthe daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

• 2: Or, a nest forsaken. ch. 27.10. , Is. 27:10
• c: Je. 48:5 , Je. 48:7 , Je. 48:9 , Is. 13:14 , Nu. 21:13 , Nu. 21:14 , Nu. 21:24 , Nu. 21:26 , Nu. 21:28 , Ps. 109:10 , Job 30:3

3 ³Take counsel, ^dexecute judgment; ^emake thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; ^*bewray not him that wandereth.

• 3: Heb. Bring.
• d: Am. 5:14 , Am. 5:15 , Am. 5:24 , Ps. 82:3 , Ps. 82:4 , Is. 1:19 , Is. 1:20 , Da. 4:27 , Je. 22:3
• e: Is. 4:6 , Is. 25:4 , Is. 32:2 , Ju. 9:15 , 4:5 - 8 , He. 13:1 - 3 , Mat. 25:35
• *: bewray-betray, reveal.

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a ^*covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for ^fthe ⁴extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, ⁵the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

• *: covert-shelter, hiding place.
• f: Is. 9:4 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 10:24 - 34 , Is. 14:25 , Is. 29:7 - 9 , Is. 31:8 , Is. 31:9 , Is. 30:31 , Is. 33:1 , Is. 37:36
• 4: Heb. wringer.
• 5: Heb. the treaders down.

5 And ^gin mercy shall the throne be ⁶established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the ^htabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

• g: 2 Chronicles 29 - 32 , Is. 32:1 , Is. 32:2 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 9:7 , Da. 7:14 , Da. 7:27 , 2Sa. 23:3 , Mi. 4:7 , Mi. 5:5 , Mi. 5:6 , Lu. 1:32 , Lu. 1:33 , Pr. 20:28 , Pr. 29:14 , Ps. 89:14 , Is. 11:3 - 5
• 6: Or, prepared.
• h: Ps. 72:2 , 2Sa. 5:7 , 2Sa. 5:9 , 2Sa. 7:16 , Am. 9:11 , Le. 26:11 , Re. 21:3

6 ¶We have heard of the ⁱpride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his ⁷lies shall not be so.

• i: Je. 48:11 , Je. 48:14 , Je. 48:26 , Je. 48:27 , Je. 48:29 , Je. 48:42 , Eze. 25:8 , Zep. 2:8 , Zep. 2:10 , Job 40:12 , Ex. 18:11 , Pr. 16:18
• 7: Or, strength or divination. Je. 49.30. ch. 44.25; 28.15. , Je. 49:30 , Is. 44:25 , Is. 28:15

7 Therefore shall Moab ^jhowl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of ^kKir-hareseth shall ye ⁸mourn; surely they are stricken.

• j: Is. 15:2 - 5 , Je. 48:20 , Je. 48:31
• k: 2Ki. 3:25
• 8: Or, mutter. ch. 8.19. , Is. 8:19

8 For ^lthe fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto ^mJazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are ⁹stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

• l: Is. 15:4 , Is. 24:7 , Is. 33:9 , Is. 16:9
• m: Nu. 21:32
• 9: Or, plucked up.

9 ¶ⁿTherefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for ¹⁰the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

• n: Je. 48:32 , Is. 15:4
• 10: Or, the alarm, or destroyer is fallen upon.

10 And ^ogladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their ^*vintage shouting to cease.

• o: Je. 48:33 , Is. 24:8 , Is. 24:9
• *: vintage-time of grape gathering.

11 Wherefore ^pmy ^*bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

• p: Is. 15:5 , Is. 21:3 , Is. 21:4 , Je. 4:19 , Je. 48:36 , La. 1:20 , La. 2:11 , Job 30:27 , Is. 63:15 , Ho. 11:8
• *: bowels-heart.

12 ¶And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab ^qis weary on the high place, that ^rhe shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but ^she shall not prevail.

• q: Is. 26:16 , Is. 15:2 , Je. 48:35 , Numbers 23 , 1Ki. 18:26
• r: Is. 37:38 , Am. 7:9 , Am. 7:13 , Je. 22:23
• s: 1Ki. 18:26 - 29 , Is. 47:12 , Ps. 115:3 - 7 , Pr. 1:28 , Pr. 21:30

13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab ^tsince that time.

• t: Am. 2:1 - 3

14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, ^uas the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be ^*contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and ¹¹feeble.

• u: Is. 21:16
• *: contemned-despised, treated with contempt.
• 11: Or, not many.