LEB ISA chapter 16

LEB ISA Chapter 16

from Sela across the desert to the mountain of[fn]

2 And this shall be:like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest

shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.
3  make a decision;

make your shade like the night

in the middle of noonday.

Hide the outcasts;

you must not betray the fugitive.
4 of Moab dwell as aliens among you; be a hiding place for them from the presence of the destroyer.”

When the oppressor is no more, destruction has stopped,

the[fn] disappeared from the land,
5  and one shall sit on it in faithfulness, in the tent of David,

judging and seeking justice

and zealous for righteousness.
6 of the pride of Moab—exceedingly proud— of his arrogance, pride, and insolence;[fn]
7  all of it wails for Moab,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you moan,[fn]
8  rulers of nations have broken down her tendrils,

they reached up to Jazer,

they wandered to the desert;

her shoots spread abroad,

they crossed over the sea.
9 for the vine of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears,[fn] Heshbon and Elealeh,
- for a jubilant shout has fallen over your summer fruit and harvest.
10 [fn] taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults,

no one shouts for joy;

no treader treads wine in the presses;
I have put to an end to the jubilant shout.
11 [fn] like a harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres.

12 And this shall happen:when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place

and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail.

13 This was the word that Yahweh spoke to Moab in the past.[fn] 14 But now Yahweh speaks, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and the remnant will be a few, small, not strong.

16:? Literally “the daughter of Zion”

16:2 Literally “one who tramples have,” with mismatched singular and plural

16:2 Literally “not so his boasting”

16:2 Literally “surely destroyed”

16:2 Hebrew “tear”

16:2 The Hebrew is singular

16:2 Literally “intestines moan,”; in Hebrew, the “intestines” are the seat of the emotions, which would correspond to the “heart” in English

16:13 Literally “from then”