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Isaiah 16:14

MoabMoab

12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

13 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
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BSB
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
KJV
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
WEB
But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.”
ASV
But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
DARBY
And now Jehovah speaketh saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired servant, and the glory of Moab shall be brought to nothing, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be small, few, of no account.
BLB
and YHWH has spoken, saying, “In three years, according to the years of a hireling, then the glory of Moab will be turned to dishonor, with all the great multitude; and the remnant [is] little—small, not mighty.”
ÅB
Men nå taler Herren og sier: Innen tre år, slik som en dagarbeider regner årene, skal Moabs herlighet være aktet ringe tross hele dets store folkemengde, og det som blir levnet, skal være lite og ringe og ikke meget verdt.
[^1]: Sibma lå nær ved Hesbon.
[^2]: beruset dem så de falt drukne om.
[^3]: fiendenes JES 15, 4. JER 48, 32.
[^4]: over en fruktbar høst.
[^5]: til sin gud Kamos; 4MO 21, 29. 1KG 11, 7.
OTB
Men nå erklærer Herren: "Innen tre år, som en leid arbeider ville telle dem, vil Moabs prakt og hennes tallrike folk bli foraktet, og hennes overlevende vil være få og svake."
B1930
Men nu taler Herren og sier: Innen tre år, således som en dagarbeider regner årene, skal Moabs herlighet være aktet ringe tross hele dets store folkemengde, og det som blir levnet, skal være lite og ringe og ikke meget verdt.

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  • Jeremiah 48:42

    Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 21:16

    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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  • Isaiah 23:9

    The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 48:46–47

    Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.

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  • Isaiah 7:16

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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  • Isaiah 17:4

    “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

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  • Genesis 31:1

    Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

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  • Jeremiah 9:23

    This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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