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href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">from Sela in the desert<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">to the mountain of Daughter Zion.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like a bird fleeing,</p><p class="poem">forced from the nest,</p><p class="poem">the daughters of Moab</p><p class="poem">will be at the fords of the Arnon.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Give us counsel and make a decision.</p><p class="poem">Shelter us at noonday</p><p class="poem">with shade that is as dark as night.</p><p class="poem">Hide the refugees;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">do not betray the one who flees.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let my refugees stay with you;</p><p class="poem">be a refuge for Moab<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.16.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from the aggressor.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">When the oppressor has gone,</p><p class="poem">destruction has ended,</p><p class="poem">and marauders have vanished from the land,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>a throne will be established in love,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and one will sit on it faithfully<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.16.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">in the tent of David,</p><p class="poem">judging and pursuing what is right,</p><p class="poem">quick to execute justice.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We have heard of Moab’s pride<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">how very proud he is —</p><p class="poem">his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance,</p><p class="poem">and his empty boasting.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore let Moab wail;</p><p class="poem">let every one of them wail for Moab.</p><p class="poem">You who are completely devastated, mourn</p><p class="poem">for the raisin cakes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of Kir-hareseth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards</p><p class="poem">and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.</p><p class="poem">The rulers of the nations</p><p class="poem">have trampled its choice vines</p><p class="poem">that reached as far as Jazer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and spread to the desert.</p><p class="poem">Their shoots spread out</p><p class="poem">and reached the sea.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So I join with Jazer</p><p class="poem">to weep for the vines of Sibmah;</p><p class="poem">I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.</p><p class="poem">Triumphant shouts have fallen silent<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.16.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">over your summer fruit and your harvest.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Joy and rejoicing<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> have been removed from the orchard;</p><p class="poem">no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">No one tramples grapes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.16.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in the winepresses.</p><p class="poem">I have put an end to the shouting.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Moab appears</p><p class="poem">and tires himself out on the high place<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and comes to his sanctuary to pray,</p><p class="poem">it will do him no good.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the message that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> previously announced about Moab. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.16.14" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And now the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.16.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.16" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.16.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.4">16:4</a></span> Or <span class="italic">you; Moab — be a refuge for him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.16.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.5">16:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">continually</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.16.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.9">16:9</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Battle cries have fallen</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.16.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.10">16:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">wine</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.16" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.1">16:1</a></span> 2Kg 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.1">16:1</a></span> 2Kg 14:7; Is 42:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.3">16:3</a></span> 1Kg 18:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.5">16:5</a></span> Is 9:6–7; 32:1; 55:4; Dn 7:14; Mc 4:7; Lk 1:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.6">16:6</a></span> Jr 48:29; Am 2:1; Ob 3–4; Zph 2:8,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.7">16:7</a></span> 2Sm 6:19; 1Ch 16:3; Sg 2:5; Hs 3:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.7">16:7</a></span> 2Kg 3:25; Jr 48:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.8">16:8</a></span> Nm 21:32; Jos 13:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.8">16:8</a></span> Jr 48:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.10">16:10</a></span> Is 24:8; Jr 48:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.10">16:10</a></span> Jdg 9:27; Is 24:7; Am 5:11,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.11">16:11</a></span> Is 15:5; 63:15; Jr 48:36; Hs 11:8; Php 2:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.12">16:12</a></span> 1Kg 18:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.12">16:12</a></span> Is 15:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.16.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.16.14">16:14</a></span> Jb 7:1; 14:6; Is 21:16</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.16" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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