Isaías 16:6

6 Hemos oído hablar del soberbio Moab,
de su orgullo, de su arrogancia y de su furia;
pero todo su alarde ha desaparecido.

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 Permitan que nuestros refugiados se queden entre ustedes;
escóndanlos de nuestros enemigos hasta que haya pasado el terror».
Cuando hayan terminado la opresión y la destrucción,
y hayan desaparecido los saqueadores enemigos,

5 Dios establecerá como rey a uno de los descendientes de David.
Él reinará con misericordia y verdad;
hará siempre lo que es justo
y estará deseoso de hacer lo correcto.

6 Hemos oído hablar del soberbio Moab,
de su orgullo, de su arrogancia y de su furia;
pero todo su alarde ha desaparecido.

7 Toda la tierra de Moab llora;
sí, todos se lamentan en Moab
por los pasteles de pasas de Kir-hareset.
Ya no queda ninguno.

8 Las granjas de Hesbón están abandonadas;
los viñedos de Sibma están desiertos.
Los gobernantes de las naciones han quebrantado a Moab,
esa vid tan hermosa.
Sus zarcillos se extendían hacia el norte hasta la ciudad de Jazer
y trepaban hacia el oriente hasta entrar en el desierto.
Sus sarmientos se extendían tan lejos hacia el occidente
que cruzaban por encima del mar Muerto.