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Isaiah 16

14 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:1
  2. 2For it shall be, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:2
  3. 3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:3
  4. 4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:4
  5. 5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:5
  6. 6We have heard of the pride of Moab; very proud: of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: his lies not so.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:6
  7. 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely stricken.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:7
  8. 8For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come unto Jazer, they wandered the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:8
  9. 9Therefore 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:9
  10. 10And 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 presses; I have made shouting to cease.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:10
  11. 11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:11
  12. 12And 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:12
  13. 13This the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:13
  14. 14But 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 very small feeble.Compare translations of Isaiah 16:14