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Isaiah 16:6-17:7
New International Version
Isaiah 16:6-17:7
New International Version
6 We have heard of Moab’s(A) pride(B)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,(C)
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes(D) of Kir Hareseth.(E)
8 The fields of Heshbon(F) wither,(G)
the vines of Sibmah(H) also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,(I)
which once reached Jazer(J)
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(K)
and went as far as the sea.[a](L)
9 So I weep,(M) as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(N)
I drench you with tears!(O)
The shouts of joy(P) over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests(Q) have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;(R)
no one sings or shouts(S) in the vineyards;
no one treads(T) out wine at the presses,(U)
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab(V) like a harp,(W)
my inmost being(X) for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,(Y)
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(Z) to pray,
it is to no avail.(AA)
13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(AB) as a servant bound by contract(AC) would count them,(AD) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(AE) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(AF)
A Prophecy Against Damascus
17 A prophecy(AG) against Damascus:(AH)
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.(AI)
2 The cities of Aroer(AJ) will be deserted
and left to flocks,(AK) which will lie down,(AL)
with no one to make them afraid.(AM)
3 The fortified(AN) city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory(AO) of the Israelites,”(AP)
declares the Lord Almighty.
4 “In that day(AQ) the glory(AR) of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste(AS) away.
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering(AT) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(AU)
in the Valley of Rephaim.(AV)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,(AW)
as when an olive tree is beaten,(AX)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
Isaiah 16:6-17:7
King James Version
Isaiah 16:6-17:7
King James Version
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
17 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
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