Isaiah 16:2-4
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2 Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at (A)the fords of the Arnon.
3 “Give counsel;
grant justice;
(B)make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
4 let (C)the outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them[a]
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them
Isaiah 16:6
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6 (A)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
(B)of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.
Isaiah 16:7
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7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
(A)let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the (B)raisin cakes of (C)Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 16:11
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11 Therefore (A)my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 16:12
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12 And when Moab presents himself, when (A)he wearies himself on (B)the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
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Isaiah 16:14
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14 But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, (A)like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be (B)very few and feeble.”
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