Isaiah 16
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Isaiah 16:8
Isaiah 16:9
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.
Isaiah 16:11
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Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
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.
Isaiah 16:13
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This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
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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