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“We’ve heard about Moab’s pride—
    so very proud he became!—[a]
his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
    therefore he is alone.[b]
Therefore, let Moab not[c] wail,
    let everyone wail for Moab.
Lament and grieve deeply
    for the ruined remains[d] of Kir-hareseth.
For the fields of Heshbon wither,
    as well as the vines of Sibmah.[e]
The rulers of the nations
have struck down its choicest vines,
which once reached Jazer
and pushed to the desert.
Its shoots spread out
and passed over the sea.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:6 So 1QIsaa MTmss; cf. Jer 48:29; MT reads how very proud he was
  2. Isaiah 16:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read but his boasts mean nothing
  3. Isaiah 16:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks not
  4. Isaiah 16:7 Or for the raisin cakes
  5. Isaiah 16:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX include the rest of v. 8: The rulers … vine of Sibmah in v. 9