Isaiah 16

Legacy Standard Bible

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.
⁴ Let the ^[f]banished of Moab sojourn 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 And a ^(J)throne will be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in truth 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 lofty pride, pride, and fury;
^(M)His idle boasts are ^[g]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.
⁸ For the fields of ^(P)Heshbon have languished, the vines of ^(Q)Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
^(R)Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
⁹ Therefore I will ^(S)weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O ^(T)Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your ^(U)summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
^10 (V)Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful orchard;
In the ^(W)vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or shouts of jubilation,
No ^(X)treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
¹¹ Therefore my ^[h](Y)inner being moans like a harp for Moab
And my ^[i]inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
¹² So it will be when Moab ^(Z)appears,
When he ^(AA)wearies himself upon his ^(AB)high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.