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Isaiah 16:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

Send lambs as gifts to the ruler of the land. Send them across the desert from Sela to Mount Zion.

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Today the enemy will camp at Nob and shake a threatening fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

For many years the country of Moab had been controlled by Israel and was forced to pay taxes to the kings of Israel. King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, so he paid the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams.

While Amaziah was king, he killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley. He captured the town of Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is still its name.

David also defeated the Moabites. Then he made their soldiers lie down on the ground, and he measured them off with a rope. He would measure off two lengths of the rope and have those men killed, then he would measure off one length and let those men live. The people of Moab had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him.

Tell the tribes of the desert and everyone in the mountains to celebrate and sing.

Use the money carefully to buy the best bulls, rams, lambs, grain, and wine. Then sacrifice them on the altar at God's temple in Jerusalem.

Mount Zion in Jerusalem, guardian of my people, you will rule again.

The people of Israel will bring you these offerings.




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