Isaiah 16
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1Send forth the lambs of the ruler of the land,
From Selah of the desert,
Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2For it shall be, that as a wandering bird, a nest forsaken,
So shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
3Impart counsel; execute justice;
Make thy shadow like unto the night, in the midst of the noon-day:
Hide the out-casts; betray not the fugitives.
4Let my out-casts, the Moabites, dwell with thee;
Be thou to them a covert from the destroyer:
For the oppressor is no more, the destroyer ceaseth;
He that trampled you under foot is perished from the land.
5And the throne shall be established in mercy,
And thereon shall be seated in truth,
In the tabernacle of David, a judge;
And he will carefully search out the right,
And promptly execute justice.
6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud:
His haughtiness, and his pride, and his anger:
His vain boastings.
7Therefore shall Moab lament over Moab,
Every one shall lament;
For the fortifications of Kir-haraseth shall ye moan,
Ye the deeply afflicted.
8For the fields of Heshbon languish,
The vine of Sibmah, the lords of the nations have broken down the fruitful tendrils thereof;
Unto Jazer did they reach, they wandered over the desert:
Her branches extended themselves, they passed over the sea.
9Therefore I will weep, with the weeping of Jazer,
for the vine of Sibmah;
I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh!
For upon thy summer fruits, and upon thy harvest, the war-shout is fallen.
10And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field;
And in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither any shouting:
Wine into the vats the treader shall no longer tread; The shout of joy I have made to cease.
11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab;
And mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12And it shall be, when it is seen
That Moab hath wearied himself out on the high place,
Then shall he enter into his sanctuary to pray;
But he shall not prevail.
13This is the word, which Jehovah spake concerning Moab long ago; 14but now Jehovah hath spoken, saying:
After three years, as the years of an hireling,
The glory of Moab shall be debased,
Together with all his great multitude;
And the remnant shall be very few, not many.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 16
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1 #
2 Kgs. 3:4 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from #ch. 42:11; 2 Kgs. 14:7Sela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at #Judg. 11:18the fords of the Arnon.
3“Give counsel;
grant justice;
# [1 Kgs. 18:4] make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
4let #1 Sam. 22:3the outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them#16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
5 # ch. 32:1, 2; Dan. 7:14, 27; Mic. 4:7; Luke 1:33 then 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.”
6 #
Jer. 48:29; Zeph. 2:10 We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
#
Judg. 3:14; 2 Kgs. 13:20; [2 Chr. 20:1] of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.
7Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
# ch. 15:3 let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the #2 Sam. 6:19; [ver. 9] raisin cakes of #2 Kgs. 3:25; [ch. 15:1]Kir-hareseth.
8For the fields of Heshbon languish,
and #Jer. 48:32the 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.
9Therefore #[ch. 15:5] I weep with #[See ver. 8 above] the weeping of Jazer
for the vine of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh;
for over #[ver. 7]your summer fruit and your harvest
the shout has ceased.
10 #
Jer. 48:33 And joy and gladness are taken away from #[ch. 9:3] the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no #[Judg. 9:27] songs are sung,
no cheers are raised;
no #ch. 63:3; Jer. 25:30 treader treads out wine #ch. 5:2in the presses;
I have put an end to the shouting.
11Therefore #ch. 15:5; Jer. 48:36my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
12And when Moab presents himself, when #[1 Kgs. 18:29] he wearies himself on #ch. 15:2; [Num. 22:41; 23:14, 28]the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
13This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab #See Amos 2:1-3in the past. 14But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, #ch. 21:16 like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be #[ch. 10:22]very few and feeble.”
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