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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 16 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Isaiah 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/15.htm" title="Isaiah 15">◄</a> Isaiah 16 <a href="../isaiah/17.htm" title="Isaiah 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/isaiah/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Moab’s Destruction</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Send a lamb to the ruler of the land,</p> <p class="poetry2">from Selah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Sela; LXX reads not the rock">a</a></span> by way of the desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:1 i.e. Mt. Zion">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like fluttering birds,</p> <p class="poetry2">like an abandoned nest,</p> <p class="poetry2">so are the daughters of Moab</p> <p class="poetry2">at the fords of the Arnon River.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks River">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Give us advice;</p> <p class="poetry2">reach a decision!</p> <p class="poetry2">Cast your shadow as if night had come</p> <p class="poetry2">at high noon.</p> <p class="poetry2">Shelter the fugitives,</p> <p class="poetry2">And don’t betray a single refugee.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let the fugitives<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my fugitives">d</a></span> from Moab</p> <p class="poetry2">settle among you;</p> <p class="poetry2">be a shelter to them</p> <p class="poetry2">from the destroyer.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">When the oppressor comes to an end,</p> <p class="poetry2">and destruction has<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have">e</a></span> ceased,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the marauder<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:4 Lit. the one who tramples underfoot">f</a></span> has<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have">g</a></span> vanished from the land,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>then a throne will be established in gracious love,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there will sit in faithfulness—</p> <p class="poetry2">in the Tent of David—</p> <p class="poetry2">one who judges, seeks justice,</p> <p class="poetry2">and is swift to do what is right.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“We’ve heard about Moab’s pride—</p> <p class="poetry2">so very proud he became!—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:6 So 1QIsaa MTmss; cf. Jer 48:29; MT reads how very proud he was">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;</p> <p class="poetry2">therefore he is alone.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read but his boasts mean nothing">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, let Moab not<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks not">j</a></span> wail,</p> <p class="poetry2">let everyone wail for Moab.</p> <p class="poetry2">Lament and grieve deeply</p> <p class="poetry2">for the ruined remains<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:7 Or for the raisin cakes">k</a></span> of Kir-hareseth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the fields of Heshbon wither,</p> <p class="poetry2">as well as the vines of Sibmah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX include the rest of v. 8: The rulers … vine of Sibmah in v. 9">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">The rulers of the nations</p> <p class="poetry2">have struck down its choicest vines,</p> <p class="poetry2">which once reached Jazer</p> <p class="poetry2">and pushed to the desert.</p> <p class="poetry2">Its shoots spread out</p> <p class="poetry2">and passed over the sea.”</p> <p class="heading">Isaiah Weeps for Moab</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Therefore I weep with the tears of Jazer</p> <p class="poetry2">for the vines of Sibmah.</p> <p class="poetry2">I drench you with my tears,</p> <p class="poetry2">O Heshbon and Elealeh—</p> <p class="poetry2">for the shouts of joy over your summer fruit</p> <p class="poetry2">and your grain harvest have ended.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards,</p> <p class="poetry2">in the vineyards people will sing no songs,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads no songs are sung">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:10 So 1QIsaa MTmss; the Heb. lacks and">n</a></span> no cheers are raised.</p> <p class="poetry2">No vintner<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:10 Lit. treader">o</a></span> treads out wine in the presses,</p> <p class="poetry2">because I’ve put an end to the shouting.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore my insides<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:11Or heart; lit. bowels">p</a></span> moan like a lyre for Moab,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my innermost being<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:11 Or my very soul">q</a></span> for Kir-hareseth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Moab appears,</p> <p class="poetry2">when he arrives<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read tires himself">r</a></span> upon the high place</p> <p class="poetry2">and comes to his sanctuary to pray,</p> <p class="poetry2">he will not prevail.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This was the message that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But now the LORD has spoken again: “Within three years, like the years of a contract worker,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:14 i.e. as if carefully counted pursuant to an employment contract; cf. Isa 21:16">s</a></span> Moab’s glory will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and its survivors will be very few and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="16:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and">t</a></span> of no importance.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 16:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Sela</i>; LXX reads <i>not the rock</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 16:1 i.e. Mt. Zion<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 16:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>River</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>my fugitives</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>have</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 16:4 Lit. <i>the one who tramples underfoot</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 16:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>have</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 16:6 So 1QIsaa MTmss; cf. Jer 48:29; MT reads <i>how very proud he was</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 16:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>but his boasts mean nothing</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 16:7So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>not</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 16:7 Or <i>for the raisin cakes</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 16:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX include the rest of v. 8: <i>The rulers … vine of Sibmah</i> in v. 9<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 16:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>no songs are sung</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 16:10 So 1QIsaa MTmss; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 16:10 Lit. <i>treader</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 16:11Or <i>heart</i>; lit. <i>bowels</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 16:11 Or <i>my very soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 16:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>tires himself</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 16:14 i.e. as if carefully counted pursuant to an employment contract; cf. 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