Isaiah 14:24-16:14

New International Version

“Surely, as I have planned,^(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(C)
25 I will crush the Assyrian^(D) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(E) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(F)”

²⁶ This is the plan^(G) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand^(H) stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^(I) and who can thwart him?
    His hand^(J) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^(K)

²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(O)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(P)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(Q)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy^(R) will lie down in safety.^(S)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(T)
    it will slay^(U) your survivors.^(V)

³¹ Wail,^(W) you gate!^(X) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!^(Y)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(Z)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(AA)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(AB) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(AC)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(AD)”

Ar^(AH) in Moab is ruined,^(AI)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir^(AJ) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
² Dibon^(AK) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(AL) to weep;
    Moab wails^(AM) over Nebo^(AN) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(AO)
    and every beard cut off.^(AP)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(AQ)
    on the roofs^(AR) and in the public squares^(AS)
they all wail,^(AT)
    prostrate with weeping.^(AU)
4 Heshbon^(AV) and Elealeh^(AW) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(AX)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵ My heart cries out^(AY) over Moab;^(AZ)
    her fugitives^(BA) flee as far as Zoar,^(BB)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(BC)
    they lament their destruction.^(BD)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up^(BE)
    and the grass is withered;^(BF)
the vegetation is gone^(BG)
    and nothing green is left.^(BH)
7 So the wealth they have acquired^(BI) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
⁸ Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
    their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
    their lamentation as far as Beer^(BJ) Elim.
⁹ The waters of Dimon^[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon^[b]—
a lion^(BK) upon the fugitives of Moab^(BL)
    and upon those who remain in the land.

16 Send lambs^(BM) as tribute^(BN)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,^(BO) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.^(BP)
2 Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(BQ)
so are the women of Moab^(BR)
    at the fords^(BS) of the Arnon.^(BT)

³ “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(BU)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴ Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(BV) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor^(BW) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;^(BX)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
⁵ In love a throne^(BY) will be established;^(BZ)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house^[c] of David^(CA)—
one who in judging seeks justice^(CB)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

⁶ We have heard of Moab’s^(CC) pride^(CD)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
⁷ Therefore the Moabites wail,^(CE)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes^(CF) of Kir Hareseth.^(CG)
8 The fields of Heshbon^(CH) wither,^(CI)
    the vines of Sibmah^(CJ) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,^(CK)
which once reached Jazer^(CL)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out^(CM)
    and went as far as the sea.^[d](CN)
9 So I weep,^(CO) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(CP)
    I drench you with tears!^(CQ)
The shouts of joy^(CR) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(CS) have been stilled.
¹⁰ Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;^(CT)
    no one sings or shouts^(CU) in the vineyards;
no one treads^(CV) out wine at the presses,^(CW)
    for I have put an end to the shouting.
¹¹ My heart laments for Moab^(CX) like a harp,^(CY)
    my inmost being^(CZ) for Kir Hareseth.
¹² When Moab appears at her high place,^(DA)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine^(DB) to pray,
    it is to no avail.^(DC)