Isaías 16:3

3 «Danos un consejo;toma una decisión.A plena luz del día,extiende tu sombra como la noche.Esconde a los fugitivos;no traiciones a los refugiados.

Isaías 16:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 16:3

Take counsel, execute judgment
This refers either to what goes before, that they would take the counsel given, and do that which was just and right, by paying tribute to the king of Judah; or to what follows, that they would enter into a consultation, the king of Moab with his nobles, and resolve upon what was right, and do it, by protecting and harbouring the distressed Jews, who would flee unto them from the enemy: make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday;
a time of the greatest heat, to which the Assyrian army, for its force and fury, and the mischief done by it, is compared: and the Moabites they are advised to make a shadow, as large and as strong as the dark night, that is, to protect the Jews in their distress, and to refresh and comfort them under it; see ( Isaiah 4:6 ) ( Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah 25:5 ) : hide the outcasts;
such as were driven out of their land through the fury and persecution of the enemy, receive and conceal, as Rahab did the spies: bewray not him that wandereth;
from his native place, as a bird from its nest, being forced to it; such an one, or as many as may be, in such a case, do not discover them where they are, or betray them, and deliver them up into the hands of their enemy.

Isaías 16:3 In-Context

1 Envíen corderos al gobernante del país,desde Selá, por el desierto,y hasta el monte de la hija de Sión.
2 Las mujeres de Moab,en los vados del Arnón,parecen aves que, espantadas,abandonan el nido.
3 «Danos un consejo;toma una decisión.A plena luz del día,extiende tu sombra como la noche.Esconde a los fugitivos;no traiciones a los refugiados.
4 Deja que los fugitivos de Moabencuentren en ti un refugio;¡protégelos del destructor!»Cuando la opresión llegue a su finy la destrucción se acabe,el agresor desaparecerá de la tierra.
5 El trono se fundará en la lealtad,y un descendiente de Davidreinará sobre él con fidelidad:será un juez celoso del derechoy ansioso de hacer justicia.
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