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Isaiah 16:1–2

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1aSend the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,

From 1bSela by way of the wilderness to the cmountain of the daughter of Zion.

2Then, like 1afleeing birds or scattered 2nestlings,

The daughters of bMoab will be at the fords of the cArnon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Petra in Edom
  2. 1Or fluttering
  3. 2Lit nest

Cross references

  1. a2 Kin 3:4; Ezra 7:17
  2. b2 Kin 14:7; Is 42:11
  3. cIs 10:32
  4. aProv 27:8
  5. bJer 48:20, 46
  6. cNum 21:13, 14

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.