1. You people should send a gift to the king of the land. You should send a lamb from Sela, through the desert, to the mountain in the city of Jerusalem.
2. The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon. They run around looking for help, like little birds that have fallen from their nest.
3. They say, “Help us! Tell us what to do. Protect us from our enemies as shade protects us from the noon sun. We are running from our enemies. Hide us! Don’t give us to our enemies.
4. People from Moab were forced to leave their homes. So let them live in your land. Hide them from their enemies.” The robbing will stop. The enemy will be defeated. The men who hurt the people will be gone from the land.
5. Then a new king will come. He will be from David’s family. He will be loyal, loving, and kind. He will be a king who judges fairly. He will do what is right and good.
6. We have heard that the people of Moab are very proud and conceited. They are hot-tempered braggers, but their boasts are only empty words.