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They say: “Help us.
    Tell us what to do.
Protect us from our enemies
    as shade protects us from the noon sun.
Hide us, because we are running for safety!
    Don’t give us to our enemies.
Let those of us who were forced out of Moab live in your land.
    Hide us from our enemies.”

The robbing of Moab will stop.
    The enemy will be defeated;
    those who hurt others will disappear from the land.
Then a new loyal king will come;
    this faithful king will be from the family of David.
He will judge fairly
    and do what is right.

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

The oppressor(C) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;(D)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
In love a throne(E) will be established;(F)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house[a] of David(G)
one who in judging seeks justice(H)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent