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Prophecy
of Moab's Devastation |
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| Isaiah 16:1 |
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Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. |
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| Isaiah 16:2 |
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Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon. |
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| Isaiah 16:3 |
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"Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your
shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive. |
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| Isaiah 16:4 |
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"Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you; Be
a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an
end, destruction has ceased, Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
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| Isaiah 16:5 |
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A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David; Moreover, he
will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness. |
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| Isaiah 16:6 |
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We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive
pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false. |
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| Isaiah 16:7 |
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Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will
wail. You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth As those who are utterly
stricken. |
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| Isaiah 16:8 |
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For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the
vines of 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; Its tendrils
spread themselves out and passed over the sea. |
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| Isaiah 16:9 |
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Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for
the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For
the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away. |
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| Isaiah 16:10 |
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Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful
field; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.
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| Isaiah 16:11 |
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Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab
And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth. |
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| Isaiah 16:12 |
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So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high place And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail. |
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| Isaiah 16:13 |
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This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier
concerning Moab. |
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| Isaiah 16:14 |
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But now the LORD speaks, saying, "Within three
years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along
with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent." |
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