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898 Prophecy of Isaias

Jazer the vineyard of Sabama: I will water thee 5 And it shall be as when one gathereth in the
with my tears, O Hesebon, and Eleale: for the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall
voice of the treaders hath rushed in upon thy gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that
vintage, and upon thy harvest. seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
10 And gladness and joy shall be taken away 6 And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon
from Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the
shouting in the vineyards. He shall not tread out shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in
wine in the press that was wont to tread it out: the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top
the voice of the treaders I have taken away. of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a 7 In that day man shall bow down himself to
harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy
wall. One of Israel.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen 8 And he shall not look to the altars which
that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he his hands made; and he shall not have respect
shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall to the things that his fingers wrought, such as
not prevail. groves and temples.
13 This is the word, that the Lord spoke to 9 In that day his strong cities shall be for-
Moab from that time: saken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were
14 And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In left before the face of the children of Israel, and
three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of thou shalt be desolate.
Moab shall be taken away for all the multitude of 10 Because thou hast forgotten God thy
the people, and it shall be left small and feeble, saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong
not many. helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants,
and shalt sow strange seed.
11 In the day of thy planting shall be the wild
Chapter 17 grape, and in the morning thy seed shall flourish:
the harvest is taken away in the day of inheri-
The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus tance, and shall grieve thee much.
shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous 12 Woe to the multitude of many people, like
heap of stones. the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult
2 The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
and they shall rest there, and there shall be none 13 Nations shall make a noise like the noise of
to make them afraid. waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and
3 And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away
kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of as the dust of the mountains before the wind,
Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Is- and as a whirlwind before a tempest.
rael: saith the Lord of hosts. 14 In the time of the evening, behold there
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and
the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the he shall not be: this is the portion of them that
fatness of his flesh shall grow lean. have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled