Isaiah 16 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Isa 16:1

Isa 16:1Send lambs from Sela as tribute
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful Zion.

Isa 16:2

Isa 16:2The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

Isa 16:3

Isa 16:3“Help us,” they cry.
“Defend us against our enemies.
Protect us from their relentless attack.
Do not betray us now that we have escaped.

Isa 16:4

Isa 16:4Let our refugees stay among you.
Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.”
When oppression and destruction have ended
and enemy raiders have disappeared,

Isa 16:5

Isa 16:5then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king.
He will rule with mercy and truth.
He will always do what is just
and be eager to do what is right.

Isa 16:6

Isa 16:6We have heard about proud Moab—
about its pride and arrogance and rage.
But all that boasting has disappeared.

Isa 16:7

Isa 16:7The entire land of Moab weeps.
Yes, everyone in Moab mourns
for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.
They are all gone now.

Isa 16:8

Isa 16:8The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.[fn]

Isa 16:9

Isa 16:9So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.

Isa 16:10

Isa 16:10Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.

Isa 16:11

Isa 16:11My heart’s cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp.
I am filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth.[fn]

Isa 16:12

Isa 16:12The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,
but it will do them no good.
They will cry to the gods in their temples,
but no one will be able to save them.

Isa 16:13

Isa 16:13The LORD has already said these things about Moab in the past.

Isa 16:14

Isa 16:14But now the LORD says, “Within three years, counting each day,[fn] the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a few of its people will be left alive.”

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NLT Footnotes

(16:8)

Hebrew the sea.

(16:11)

Hebrew Kir-heres, a variant spelling of Kir-hareseth.

(16:14)

Hebrew Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them.

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