Isaiah 16:1–2
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Moab’s Hopeless Situation
16*From the city of Sela in the desert the people of Moab send a lamb as a present to the one who rules in Jerusalem. 2*They wait on the banks of the River Arnon and move aimlessly to and fro, like birds driven from their nest.
Cross references
- *16.1–14: Is 25:10–12: Jr 48:1–17: Ez 25:8–11; Am 2:1–3; Zep 2:8–11
- *16.1–14: Is 25:10–12: Jr 48:1–17: Ez 25:8–11; Am 2:1–3; Zep 2:8–11
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Send lambs as tribute
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.
Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Send lambs to the ruler of the land,
from Sela in the desert
to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
Like a bird fleeing,
forced from the nest,
the daughters of Moab
will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Send lambs from Sela as tribute
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Send a ram to the ruler of the land,
from Sela across the desert to the mountain of daughter Zion.
And this shall be:
like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest
shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land
From Sela to the wilderness,
Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest,
So the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
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