Isaiah

Isaiah 16 ©

1 The Moabite is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David. 6 He is threatened for his pride with lamentable judgments, and that within three years.

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SEND ye athe lamb to the ruler of the land from 1Sela to the bwilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

a 2Sa. 8.2. 2Ki. 3.4. Ezr. 7.17,23.
b Jos. 15.61. 2Ki. 25.5. 2Sa. 15.28; 17.16. ch. 40.3. Mat. 3.1.
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For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird 2cast out of the nest, so cthe daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

c Je. 48.5,7,9. ch. 13.14. Nu. 21.13,14,24,26,28. Ps. 109.10. Job 30.3.
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3Take counsel, dexecute judgment; emake thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; *bewray not him that wandereth.

d Am. 5.14,15,24. Ps. 82.3,4. ch. 1.19,20. Da. 4.27. Je. 22.3.
e ch. 4.6; 25.4; 32.2. Ju. 9.15. Jonah 4.5-8. He. 13.1-3. Mat. 25.35.
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Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a *covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for fthe 4extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, 5the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

f ch. 9.4; 10.16-19,24-34; 14.25; 29.7-9; 31.8,9; 30.31; 33.1; 37.36.
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And gin mercy shall the throne be 6established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the htabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

g 2Ch. 29-32. ch. 32.1,2; 9.6,7. Da. 7.14,27. 2Sa. 23.3. Mi. 4.7; 5.5,6. Lu. 1.32,33. Pr. 20.28; 29.14. Ps. 89.14. ch. 11.3-5.
h Ps. 72.2. 2Sa. 5.7,9; 7.16. Am. 9.11. Le. 26.11. Re. 21.3.
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¶We have heard of the ipride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his 7lies shall not be so.

i Je. 48.11,14,26,27,29, 42. Eze. 25.8. Zep. 2.8,10. Job 40.12. Ex. 18.11. Pr. 16.18.
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Therefore shall Moab jhowl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of kKir-hareseth shall ye 8mourn; surely they are stricken.

j ch. 15.2-5. Je. 48.20,31.
k 2Ki. 3.25.
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For lthe fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto mJazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are 9stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

l ch. 15.4; 24.7; 33.9. v.9.
m Nu. 21.32.
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nTherefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for 10the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

n Je. 48.32. ch. 15.4.
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And ogladness 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 their presses; I have made their *vintage shouting to cease.

o Je. 48.33. ch. 24.8,9.
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Wherefore pmy *bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

p ch. 15.5; 21.3,4. Je. 4.19; 48.36. La. 1.20; 2.11. Job 30.27. ch. 63.15. Ho. 11.8.
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¶And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab qis weary on the high place, that rhe shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but she shall not prevail.

q ch. 26.16; 15.2. Je. 48.35. Nu. 23. 1Ki. 18.26.
r ch. 37.38. Am. 7.9,13. Je. 22.23.
s 1Ki. 18.26-29. ch. 47.12. Ps. 115.3-7. Pr. 1.28; 21.30.
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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab tsince that time.

t Am. 2.1-3.
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But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, uas the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be *contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and 11feeble.

u ch. 21.16.