Catholic Public Domain Version

2 Kings 3:15-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

15. But now, bring a musician to me." And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:

16. "Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.

17. For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.

18. And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.

19. And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones."

20. Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.

21. Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.

22. And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.

23. And they said: "It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!"

24. And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.