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So the people of Moab will cry.
    They will all be sad.
They will moan and groan
    for the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.
But the fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah cannot grow grapes.
    Foreign rulers have destroyed the grapevines.
The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert.
    They had spread as far as the sea.
I cry with the people of Jazer
    for the grapevines of Sibmah.
I will cry with the people of Heshbon and Elealeh.
There will be no shouts of joy,
    because there will be no harvest or ripe fruit.

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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