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Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Help us,” they cry. “Defend us against our enemies. Protect us from their relentless attack. Do not betray us now that we have escaped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Give <i>us</i> advice, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Give <i>us</i> advice, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Bring <i>us</i> counsel, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[Say to the ruler] “Give us advice, make a decision [for Moab, king of Judah]; Cast your shadow [over us] like night in the midst of noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive [to his pursuer].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moab's messengers say to the people of Judah, "Be kind and help us! Shade us from the heat of the noonday sun. Hide our refugees! Don't turn them away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Give counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday: hide the outcasts; bewray not the wanderer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Give us advice. Make a decision. At high noon make your shadow as dark as night. Hide the fugitives. Don't betray the refugees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They say to the people of Judah, "Tell us what to do. Protect us like a tree that casts a cool shadow in the heat of noon, and let us rest in your shade. We are refugees; hide us where no one can find us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Give us advice; reach a decision! Cast your shadow as if night had come at high noon. Shelter the fugitives, And don't betray a single refugee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Give counsel. Execute justice. Make your shade like the night in the midst of the noonday. Hide the outcasts. Do not betray the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon-day; hide the outcasts; discover not him that wandereth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Bring in counsel, do judgment, "" Make your shadow as night in the midst of noon, "" Hide outcasts, do not reveal the wanderer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Bring ye counsel, do judgment; place as the night thy shadow in the midst of noon; hide the driven out; thou shalt not betray the fugitive.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Form a plan. Call a council. Let your shadow be as if it were night, even at midday. Conceal the fugitives, and do not betray the wanderers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Offer counsel, take their part; at high noon make your shade like the night; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Give counsel, grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not him that wanders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Bring counsel and do deep meditation. Set as the night your shadow in the midst of noon; hide the wanderers and you shall not reveal the scattered ones<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Give counsel, execute justice; Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; Hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />take farther counsel, and continually make thou a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at mid-day; they are amazed; be not thou led captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/16-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=3407" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/16.htm">A Prophecy of Moab's Devastation</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hå̄·ḇī·ʾū (V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">“Give us</a> <a href="/hebrew/6098.htm" title="6098: ‘ê·ṣāh (N-fs) -- Counsel, advice. From ya'ats; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence.">counsel;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">render</a> <a href="/hebrew/6415.htm" title="6415: p̄ə·lî·lāh (N-fs) -- Office of judge or umpire. Feminine of paliyl; justice.">a decision.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: šî·ṯî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6672.htm" title="6672: ṣā·ho·rā·yim (N-mp) -- A light, double light, noon. From tsahar; a light: dual double light, i.e. Noon.">Shelter us at noonday</a> <a href="/hebrew/6738.htm" title="6738: ṣil·lêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A shadow. From tsalal; shade, whether literal or figurative.">with shade</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: ḵal·la·yil (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">as dark as night.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: sat·tə·rî (V-Piel-Imp-fs) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">Hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: nid·dā·ḥîm (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">the refugees;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: tə·ḡal·lî (V-Piel-Imperf-2fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">betray</a> <a href="/hebrew/5074.htm" title="5074: nō·ḏêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro; figuratively, to rove, flee, or to drive away.">the one who flees.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm">Hebrews 13:2</a></span><br />Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-15.htm">Deuteronomy 23:15-16</a></span><br />Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. / Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-13.htm">Romans 12:13</a></span><br />Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-33.htm">Leviticus 19:33-34</a></span><br />When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. / You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-9.htm">1 Peter 4:9</a></span><br />Show hospitality to one another without complaining.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-15.htm">Job 29:15-16</a></span><br />I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. / I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-33.htm">Luke 10:33-37</a></span><br />But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion. / He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. / The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21</a></span><br />You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-15.htm">James 2:15-16</a></span><br />Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-8.htm">Proverbs 31:8-9</a></span><br />Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. / Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-10.htm">Galatians 6:10</a></span><br />Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3-4</a></span><br />Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. / Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-15.htm">Acts 16:15</a></span><br />And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow as the night in the middle of the noonday; hide the outcasts; denude not him that wanders.</p><p class="hdg">take.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a></b></br> Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3,4</a></b></br> Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm">Jeremiah 21:12</a></b></br> O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver <i>him that is</i> spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench <i>it</i>, because of the evil of your doings.</p><p class="hdg">make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a></b></br> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a></b></br> For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones <i>is</i> as a storm <i>against</i> the wall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a></b></br> And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.</p><p class="hdg">hide</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm">Isaiah 56:8</a></b></br> The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather <i>others</i> to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Obadiah 1:12-14</a></b></br> But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35</a></b></br> For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm">Advice</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-9.htm">Betray</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-2.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Fugitive</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Fugitives</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/140-8.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Height</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-6.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Night</a> <a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Noonday</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Noon-Day</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Outcasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Refugees</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Render</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-9.htm">Reveal</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-32.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Wanderer</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm">Wandereth</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Advice</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Betray</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Directions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm">Fugitive</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Fugitives</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-13.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Height</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Noonday</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Noon-Day</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Outcasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-17.htm">Refugees</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Render</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Reveal</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-23.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Wanderer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-5.htm">Wandereth</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm">Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Moab is threatened for her pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">The prophet bewails her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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render a decision.</b><br>This plea reflects a desperate call for guidance and justice. In the context of <a href="/isaiah/16.htm">Isaiah 16</a>, the Moabites are seeking refuge and assistance from Judah. The request for counsel and decision-making indicates a need for wise leadership, reminiscent of Solomon's wisdom (<a href="/1_kings/3-28.htm">1 Kings 3:28</a>). Biblically, seeking counsel is often associated with seeking God's will (<a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>). The Moabites' appeal to Judah may also symbolize a broader human need for divine guidance and righteous judgment, pointing to Christ as the ultimate source of wisdom and justice (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-30.htm">1 Corinthians 1:30</a>).<p><b>Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night.</b><br>This imagery of protection from the harshness of the sun at noon suggests a need for refuge and relief from intense oppression or danger. In the ancient Near East, the sun's heat was a common metaphor for trials and tribulations (<a href="/psalms/121-6.htm">Psalm 121:6</a>). The request for shade as dark as night implies a deep, encompassing protection, which can be seen as a type of Christ, who offers rest and refuge to the weary (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>). The concept of God as a shelter is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing His role as a protector (<a href="/psalms/91.htm">Psalm 91:1-2</a>).<p><b>Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.</b><br>This phrase underscores the importance of providing asylum and protection to those in distress. In the historical context, Moabites fleeing from Assyrian invasion sought safety in Judah. The call to hide and not betray refugees aligns with biblical principles of justice and mercy (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18-19</a>). It also foreshadows the New Testament's emphasis on caring for the marginalized and oppressed (<a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a>). The plea not to betray those who flee highlights the need for trustworthiness and compassion, qualities exemplified by Jesus, who is a refuge for all who seek Him (<a href="/hebrews/6-18.htm">Hebrews 6:18-20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel, often in conflict with Israel. In <a href="/bsb/isaiah/16.htm">Isaiah 16</a>, Moab seeks refuge and counsel from Judah during a time of distress.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Moab turns for help. Judah is called to provide protection and justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/refugees.htm">Refugees</a></b><br>Individuals fleeing from danger, seeking safety and protection. In this context, they are Moabites seeking refuge in Judah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet delivering God's message, calling for justice and compassion towards those in need.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of Isaiah, where God's justice and mercy are highlighted, especially towards nations like Moab.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_justice.htm">Compassion and Justice</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to show compassion and execute justice, especially towards those who are vulnerable and in need of refuge.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/protection_of_the_vulnerable.htm">Protection of the Vulnerable</a></b><br>The directive to "hide the refugees" emphasizes the importance of protecting those who are fleeing from danger, reflecting God's heart for the oppressed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in times of distress, like Moab's situation, we are reminded to trust in God's sovereign plan and His provision through His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hospitality_as_a_christian_duty.htm">Hospitality as a Christian Duty</a></b><br>The call to not betray the one who flees highlights the Christian duty of hospitality and care for strangers, reflecting Christ's love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_faith.htm">Practical Faith</a></b><br>Our faith should manifest in practical actions, such as providing counsel, executing judgment, and offering protection to those in need.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Make thy shadow as the night . . .</span>--The whole verse is addressed, as the context shows, not by <span class= "ital">the </span>prophet to Moab, but by Moab to the rulers of Judah. The fugitives call on those rulers to plead for them and act as umpires, to be to them "as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land" (<a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm" title="And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.">Isaiah 32:2</a>), black as night whilst the hot sun glares all around. Some critics, however, hold that the prophet still speaks to the Moabites and calls on them to protect the fugitives from Judah as they had done of old (<a href="/ruth/1-2.htm" title="And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.">Ruth 1:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm" title="And David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.">1Samuel 22:3</a>), and so to secure a return of like protection (Kay).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Take counsel, execute judgment</span>, etc. According to most critics, these are the words of the Moabites, or of a Moabite ambassador at Jerusalem, and are a call on Judaea to give shelter to the fugitives from Moab. Some, however, as Dr. Kay, maintain that the words are the prophet's, addressed to Moab, calling on her to treat kindly fugitives from Judaea. <span class="cmt_word">Make thy shadow as the night</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a>). In the hot land of Moab the sun is an enemy, and "the shadow of a great rock" a welcome refuge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/16-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Give</span><br /><span class="heb">הָבִ֤יאִי</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḇî·’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">us counsel,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵצָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6098.htm">Strong's 6098: </a> </span><span class="str2">Advice, plan, prudence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">render</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשׂ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a decision.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְלִילָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·lî·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6415.htm">Strong's 6415: </a> </span><span class="str2">Office of judge or umpire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Shelter us at noonday</span><br /><span class="heb">צָהֳרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ho·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6672.htm">Strong's 6672: </a> </span><span class="str2">A light, double light, noon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with shade</span><br /><span class="heb">צִלֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣil·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6738.htm">Strong's 6738: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shadow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as dark as night.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַלַּ֛יִל</span> <span class="translit">(ḵal·la·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hide</span><br /><span class="heb">סַתְּרִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(sat·tə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the refugees;</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדָּחִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(nid·dā·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impel, thrust, banish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">betray</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּגַלִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḡal·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the one who flees.</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹדֵ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ḏêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5074.htm">Strong's 5074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 16:3 Give counsel! 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