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Isaiah 16:1-3
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16 (A)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From [a](B)Sela by way of the wilderness to the (C)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 Then, like [b](D)fleeing birds or scattered [c]nestlings,
The daughters of (E)Moab will be at the fords of the (F)Arnon.
3 “Bring us counsel, make a decision;
[d]Cast your (G)shadow like night [e]at high noon;
(H)Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:1 Petra in Edom
  2. Isaiah 16:2 Or fluttering
  3. Isaiah 16:2 Lit nest
  4. Isaiah 16:3 Lit Set
  5. Isaiah 16:3 Lit in the midst of the noon
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Isaiah 16:1-3
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16 (A)Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from (B)Sela, by way of the desert,
    to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 Like fleeing birds,
    like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
    at (C)the fords of the Arnon.

3 “Give counsel;
    grant justice;
(D)make your shade like night
    at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
    do not reveal the fugitive;

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