Isaiah 16:1-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation
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 “[d]Give us advice, make a decision;
[e]Cast your (G)shadow like night [f]at high noon;
(H)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
4 “Let the [g]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(I)Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
5 A (J)throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of (K)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.
6 (L)We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
(M)His idle boasts are [h]false.
7 Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the (N)raisin cakes of (O)Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:1 I.e. Petra in Edom
- Isaiah 16:2 Or fluttering
- Isaiah 16:2 Lit nest
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit Bring
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit Set
- Isaiah 16:3 Lit in the midst of the noon
- Isaiah 16:4 So the versions; M.T. My outcasts, as for Moab
- Isaiah 16:6 Lit not so
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