Isaías 16:4

4 Moren contigo mis desterrados, oh Moab; séles escondedero de la presencia del destruidor; porque el atormentador fenecerá, el destruidor tendrá fin, el hollador será consumido de sobre la tierra

Isaías 16:4 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 16:4

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee
Not whom God had cast out, but who were the Lord's people, and whom he owns as such, though cast out by the enemy, or obliged to flee, and quit their country; let these be sojourners in thy land; let them continue awhile there; let them dwell privately and peaceably: Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler:
that is, O king of Moab, or kingdom of Moab, as the Targum, hide and protect the Jews that shall flee to thee for shelter, from the face of the spoiler of their land and substance, Sennacherib king of Assyria; and, to encourage them to do these things, it is suggested that they would not be long troublesome to them, and would quickly be in a capacity of requiting them, and of being serviceable to them in like distress: for the extortioner is at an end;
or "the squeezer", or "wringer out" ^F1; that oppressed them, and wrung their property out of their hands; that milked them out of their substance, and even sucked their blood; meaning the Assyrian monarch, whose time was short, and an end was soon put to all his schemes and oppressions: the spoiler ceaseth:
out of the land, being obliged to depart out of it: the oppressors are consumed out of the land:
the Assyrian army, and its officers, who were all consumed in one night by an angel, ( 2 Kings 19:35 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Umh) "expressor", Pagninus, Montanus; "emunctor, [vel] emulsor", Vatablus.

Isaías 16:4 In-Context

2 Y será que cual ave espantada que huye de su nido, así serán las hijas de Moab en los vados del Arnón

3 Reúne consejo, haz juicio; pon tu sombra en el mediodía como la noche; esconde los desterrados, no descubras al huido

4 Moren contigo mis desterrados, oh Moab; séles escondedero de la presencia del destruidor; porque el atormentador fenecerá, el destruidor tendrá fin, el hollador será consumido de sobre la tierra

5 Y se dispondrá trono en misericordia; y sobre él se sentará en la verdad, en el tabernáculo de David, quien juzgue, y busque el juicio, y apresure la justicia

6 Hemos oído la soberbia de Moab; en extremo soberbio; su soberbia, y su arrogancia, y su altivez; mas sus mentiras no serán firmes