Isaiah 16:1-6

1 Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, -- unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
3 Bring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster. For the extortioner is at an end, the wasting hath ceased, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.
6 We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, -- [he is] very proud, -- of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Or 'to.'
  • [b]. Or 'from Sela in the wilderness.'
  • [c]. Or 'make a decision.'
  • [d]. Lit. 'trampler' (in the singular).
  • [e]. Or 'out of the earth.'
  • [f]. Chesed, loving-kindness: see 2Chron. 6.42.
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