Isaías 16:6

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

Isaías 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab
These are the words of the prophet, either in the name of the Lord, or in the person of the Jews, or of other nations, who had heard very frequently, and from many persons, and from every quarter, of the excessive pride of this people, and had many instances of it related to them, which foretold their ruin; for pride comes before a fall: ([he] is very proud):
though his original was so base and infamous; and therefore there is little reason to hope or expect that he would take the advice above given him, or do the good offices for the Jews he was exhorted to; his pride was such, that he would despise the counsel of God, and would never stoop to do any favour for his people: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath;
of his contempt of the people of God, and his wrath against them: [but] his lies [shall] not be so;
or, "his strength" shall "not be so" ^F2; as his wrath: he shall not be able to do what in his pride and wrath he said he would do; all his wicked thoughts and devices, all his haughty and wrathful expressions, will signify nothing; they will all be of no effect, for God resisteth the proud, see ( Jeremiah 48:30 ) . It may be rendered, "not right", that of "his diviners" ^F3; their words and works, what they say or do; so the word is used in ( Isaiah 44:25 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wydb Nk al) "non sicut, fortitudo ejus"; so some in Vatablus.
F3 (wydb Nk-al) "non rectum divinorum ejus", Vitringa.

Isaías 16:6 In-Context

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

7 Por tanto, aullará Moab, todo él aullará; gemiréis por los fundamentos de Kir-hareset, en gran manera heridos

8 Porque las vides de Hesbón fueron taladas, y las vides de Sibma; señores de los gentiles hollaron sus generosos sarmientos; que habían llegado hasta Jazer, y se cundieron por el desierto; sus nobles plantas se extendieron; pasaron el mar