Isaiah 16

Send ye ^athe lamb to the ruler of the land

From Sela to the wilderness,

Unto ^bthe mount of the daughter of Zion.

²For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of ^dthe nest,

So the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of ^ddArnon.

³Take counsel, execute judgment;

^eMake thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday;

Hide ^fthe outcasts; ^gbewray not him that wandereth.

⁴Let mine ^foutcasts dwell with thee, Moab;

^hBe thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler:

For the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth,

The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

⁵And in mercy ⁱshall the throne be established:

And he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David,

^kJudging, and seeking judgment, and ^lhasting righteousness.

^6mWe have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud:

Even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath:

But ⁿhis lies shall ^onot be so.

⁷Therefore shall Moab ^phowl for Moab, ^ppevery one shall howl:

For the foundations of ^pqKir-hareseth shall ye ^rmourn; surely they are stricken.

⁸For ^sthe fields of Heshbon ^tlanguish, and ^uthe vine of ^vSibmah:

The lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,

^wThey are come even unto ^xJazer, ^wthey wandered through the wilderness:

Her branches are ^ystretched out, they are gone over ^uthe sea.

⁹Therefore I ^uwill bewail with the weeping of ^xJazer the vine of ^vSibmah:

I will water thee with my tears, ^sO Heshbon, and ^sElealeh:

For ^zthe shouting for ^uthy summer fruits and for ^uthy harvest is fallen.

^10aAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of ^bthe plentiful field;

And ^cin the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting:

The treaders shall tread out no ^awine in their ^dpresses;

I have ^emade their vintage ^zshouting to cease.

¹¹Wherefore ^fmy bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab,

And mine inward parts for ^qKir-haresh.

¹²And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on ^gthe high place,

That he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

¹³This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab ^hsince that time.

¹⁴But now the Lord hath spoken, saying,

Within three years, ⁱas the years of a hireling,

And the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude;

And the remnant shall be ^kvery small and feeble.

XVII.