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Isaiah 16:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When Moab appears and tires himself out on the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

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Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at   Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.


In Moab, I will stop’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.


All afternoon they kept on raving until the offering of the evening sacrifice,  but there was no sound; no one answered, no one paid attention.


So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.  ,


So Balak took him to Lookout Field  on top of Pisgah,  built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.


So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.


Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished because your sons have been taken captive and your daughters have gone into captivity.


Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was put to shame because of Bethel  that they trusted in.


Because you trust in your works and treasures, you will be captured also. Chemosh  will go into exile with his priests and officials.


Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried  because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm   – and they cannot do any good.


You are worn out with your many consultations. So let the astrologers stand and save you – those who observe the stars, those who predict monthly what will happen to you.


One day, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat.  Then his son Esar-haddon  became king in his place.


Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.


Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.


Did the gods of the nations  that my predecessors destroyed rescue them #– #nations such as Gozan,  Haran,  Rezeph, and the Edenites  in Telassar?


So he took his firstborn son,  who was to become king in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. Great wrath was on the Israelites, and they withdrew from him and returned to their land.


At that time, Solomon built a high place  for Chemosh,  the abhorrent idol of Moab, and for Milcom,  , the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites, on the hill opposite Jerusalem.


I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a sceptre will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead  of Moab and strike down  all the Shethites.


In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal.  From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.


For fire came out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.


This is the message that the Lord previously announced about Moab.





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