Isaías 16:3

3 Dá conselhos, executa juízo; põe a tua sombra como a noite ao pino do meio-dia; esconde os desterrados, e não traias o fugitivo.

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 Enviaram cordeiros ao governador da terra, desde Sela, pelo deserto, até o monte da filha de Sião.
2 Pois como pássaros que vagueiam, como ninhada dispersa, assim são as filhas de Moabe junto aos vaus do Arnom.
3 Dá conselhos, executa juízo; põe a tua sombra como a noite ao pino do meio-dia; esconde os desterrados, e não traias o fugitivo.
4 Habitem entre vós os desterrados de Moabe; serve-lhes de refúgio perante a face do destruidor. Quando o homem violento tiver fim, e a destruição tiver cessado, havendo os opressores desaparecido de sobre a terra,
5 então um trono será estabelecido em benignidade, e sobre ele no tabernáculo de Davi se assentará em verdade um que julgue, e que procure a justiça e se apresse a praticar a retidão.
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