Isaiah 16
16
1Send lambs to the ruler of the land,#16.1 Heb uncertain
from Sela through the desert
to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
2The daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon are like orphaned birds pushed from the nest.
3Consider carefully, act justly;
at high noon provide your shade like night.
Hide the outcasts;
keep the fugitives hidden.
4Let the outcasts of Moab live among you.
Be a hiding place for them from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
when destruction has ceased,
when the trampler has vanished from the land,
5a throne will be established based on goodness,
and someone will sit faithfully on it in David’s dwelling#16.5 Or tent—
a judge who seeks justice and timely righteousness.
6We have heard of Moab’s pride,
his great pride,
his outrageous pride and arrogance,
his empty boasting.
7Therefore, let Moab wail;
let everyone wail for Moab.
Let them moan, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
8The fields of Heshbon languish.
The vines of Sibmah,
whose honored grapes overpowered masters of nations,
had reached as far as Jazer and strayed to the desert.
Their tendrils spread out and crossed the sea.
9Therefore, I will weep with Jazer’s weeping for the vines of Sibmah.
I will drench you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh.
Cheers have fallen silent concerning your summer fruit and your grain harvest.
10Joy and happiness have been harvested from the farmland,
and in the vineyards no one sings, no one shouts.
No treader crushes grapes in the wine vats;
I have brought the cheers to an end.
11Therefore, my heart plays sadly like a harp for Moab,
my inner being for Kir-heres.
12Even if Moab presents himself,
and Moab wears himself out going to the shrine,
and comes to his sanctuary to pray,
he won’t prevail.
13This is the word that the LORD had spoken concerning Moab long ago. 14But now the LORD has said: In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, with all its great multitude, will dwindle. The small remnant will be few and feeble.
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Isaiah 16
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1 #
2 Kgs. 3:4 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from #ch. 42:11; 2 Kgs. 14:7Sela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at #Judg. 11:18the fords of the Arnon.
3“Give counsel;
grant justice;
# [1 Kgs. 18:4] make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
4let #1 Sam. 22:3the outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them#16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
5 # ch. 32:1, 2; Dan. 7:14, 27; Mic. 4:7; Luke 1:33 then a throne will be established in steadfast love,
and on it will sit in faithfulness
in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
and is swift to do righteousness.”
6 #
Jer. 48:29; Zeph. 2:10 We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
#
Judg. 3:14; 2 Kgs. 13:20; [2 Chr. 20:1] of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.
7Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
# ch. 15:3 let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the #2 Sam. 6:19; [ver. 9] raisin cakes of #2 Kgs. 3:25; [ch. 15:1]Kir-hareseth.
8For the fields of Heshbon languish,
and #Jer. 48:32the vine of Sibmah;
the lords of the nations
have struck down its branches,
which reached to Jazer
and strayed to the desert;
its shoots spread abroad
and passed over the sea.
9Therefore #[ch. 15:5] I weep with #[See ver. 8 above] the weeping of Jazer
for the vine of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh;
for over #[ver. 7]your summer fruit and your harvest
the shout has ceased.
10 #
Jer. 48:33 And joy and gladness are taken away from #[ch. 9:3] the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no #[Judg. 9:27] songs are sung,
no cheers are raised;
no #ch. 63:3; Jer. 25:30 treader treads out wine #ch. 5:2in the presses;
I have put an end to the shouting.
11Therefore #ch. 15:5; Jer. 48:36my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
12And when Moab presents himself, when #[1 Kgs. 18:29] he wearies himself on #ch. 15:2; [Num. 22:41; 23:14, 28]the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
13This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab #See Amos 2:1-3in the past. 14But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, #ch. 21:16 like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be #[ch. 10:22]very few and feeble.”
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