Isaiah 16 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Prophecy of Moab's Devastation

Isa 16:1They have sent lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Isa 16:2

Isa 16:2Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Isa 16:3

Isa 16:3"Give counsel, grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; hide the outcasts, betray not the fugitive;

Isa 16:4

Isa 16:4let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a refuge to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples under foot has vanished from the land,

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Isa 16:5then a throne will be established in steadfast love and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."

Isa 16:6

Isa 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, how proud he was; of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence--his boasts are false.

Isa 16:7

Isa 16:7Therefore let Moab wail, let every one wail for Moab. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin-cakes of Kir-har'eseth.

Isa 16:8

Isa 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.

Isa 16:9

Isa 16:9Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Ele-a'leh; for upon your fruit and your harvest the battle shout has fallen.

Isa 16:10

Isa 16:10And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field; and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no shouts are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; the vintage shout is hushed.

Isa 16:11

Isa 16:11Therefore my soul moans like a lyre for Moab, and my heart for Kir-he'res.

Isa 16:12

Isa 16:12And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

Isa 16:13

Isa 16:13This is the word which the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past.

Isa 16:14

Isa 16:14But now the LORD says, "In three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble."

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Prophecy of Moab's Devastation

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