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Venerdi, 29 marzo 2024 - Santi Simplicio e Costantino ( Letture di oggi)

Isaiah 16


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1Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela by the desert, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion,2for soon, like a fluttered bird, like nestlings cast out, wil be the women of Moab at the fords of theArnon.3Hold a council, make a decision. At noon spread your shadow as if it were night. Hide those who havebeen driven out, do not betray the fugitive,4let those who have been driven out of Moab come and live with you; be their refuge in the face of thedevastator. Once the oppression is past, and the devastation has stopped and those now trampling on thecountry have gone away,5the throne wil be made secure in faithful love and on it wil sit in constancy within the tent of David, ajudge seeking fair judgement and pursuing uprightness.6We have heard about Moab's pride, about how very proud it is, about its arrogance, its pride, its rage,its bravado, which wil come to nothing!7And so Moab is wailing for Moab, wailing, every one of them. For the raisin cakes of Kir-Hareseth youmourn, stricken with grief.8For Heshbon's vineyards are withering, the vine of Sibmah whose red grapes used to overcome theoverlords of the nations. It used to reach to Jazer, had wound its way into the desert, its shoots grew sonumerous they spread across the sea.9And so I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vine of Sibmah. I water you with my tears, Heshbon andElealeh. For over your harvest and vintage the cheering has died away;10joy and gladness have vanished from the orchards. No more revelry in the vineyards, no more happyshouting; no more the treader treads wine in the presses, the cheering has ceased.11That is why my whole being quivers like harp strings for Moab, my very heart, for Kir-Heres.12Moab will be seen, wearing itself out on the high places and going to its temple to pray, but it wilaccomplish nothing.13Such was the word which Yahweh spoke about Moab in the past.14And now Yahweh has spoken in these terms, 'Within three years, as a hired worker reckons them, the glory of Moab wil be humbled, despite its teeming population. It wil be reduced to nothing, an insignificantremnant.'