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Isaiah 16:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Let our people live in your country and find safety here.” Moab, your cruel enemies will disappear; they will no longer attack and destroy your land.

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Then you will make fun of the king of Babylonia by singing this song: That cruel monster is done for! He won't attack us again.

The streams of Nimrim and the grasslands have dried up. Every plant is parched.

The powerful arm of the LORD will protect this mountain. The Moabites will be put down and trampled on like straw in a pit of manure.

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

He will make those cruel people dine on their own flesh and get drunk from drinking their own blood. Then everyone will know that the LORD is our Saviour; the powerful God of Israel has rescued his people.

I spread out the heavens and laid foundations for the earth. But you have forgotten me, your LORD and Creator. All day long you were afraid of those who were angry and hoped to abuse you. Where are they now?

You will be built on fairness with no fears of injustice; every one of your worries will be taken far from you.

Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your home with the poor and homeless. Give clothes to those in need; don't turn away your relatives.

You have broken the power of those who abused and enslaved your people. You have rescued them just as you saved your people from Midian.

Earlier, when the Babylonians had invaded Judah, many of the Jews escaped to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and several other countries. But these Jews heard that the king of Babylonia had appointed Gedaliah as ruler of Judah, and that only a few people were left there. So the Jews in these other countries came back to Judah and helped with the grape and fruit harvest, which was especially large that year.

People in the town of Dibon, you will be honoured no more, so have a seat in the dust. Your walls will be torn down when the enemies attack.

Not one of your towns will escape destruction. I have told your enemies, “Wipe out the valley and the flat lands of Moab.

In their time of torment, you ambushed refugees and handed them over to their attackers.

They will join in the fighting, and together they will trample their enemies like mud. They will fight, because I, the LORD, will be on their side. And they will crush the enemy cavalry.

God says, “I will stand guard to protect my temple from those who come to attack. I know what's happening, and no one will ill-treat my people ever again.”

When I come to bring justice, you will trample those who are evil, as though they were ashes under your feet. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.

Then God, who gives peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. I pray that our Lord Jesus will be kind to you.

If you hire poor people to work for you, don't hold back their pay, whether they are Israelites or foreigners who live in your town.

But don't measure the courtyard outside the temple building. Leave it out. It has been given to those people who don't know God, and they will trample all over the holy city for forty-two months.




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