Thematic Bible
Isaiah 16:1 (show verse)
Send the Lord of the world a lamb, from the rock that lieth toward the desert, unto the hill of the daughter Zion.
Isaiah 16:2 (show verse)
For as for the daughters of Moab, they shall be as a trembling bird, that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.
Isaiah 16:3 (show verse)
Gather your counsel, come together in judgment; cover us with your shadow in the midday, as the night doth: hide the chased, and betray not them that are fled.
Isaiah 16:4 (show verse)
Let my persecuted people dwell among you; Moab; be thou their refuge against the destroyer: for the adversary is brought to naught, the robber is undone, the tyrant is wasted in the land.
Isaiah 16:5 (show verse)
And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and he shall sit upon it in the truth, in the tabernacle of David: judging, and seeking judgment, and making haste unto righteousness.
Isaiah 16:6 (show verse)
We have heard of the pride of Moab: it is well known. He is very proud, presumptuous, arrogant, and full of indignation, and vain are his lies.
Isaiah 16:7 (show verse)
Therefore shall Moab make lamentation because of the Moabites that shall be slain: yea, they shall wail all together. Because of the foundations of the city of brick shall ye complain, even ye lame people that are left only behind.
Isaiah 16:8 (show verse)
The suburbs also of Heshbon were made waste, and the princes of the Gentiles hewed down the vineyards of Sibmah, which were planted with noble grapes, and spread unto Jazer, and went unto the end of the desert; whose branches stretched their fellows forth beyond the sea.
Isaiah 16:9 (show verse)
Therefore I mourned for Jazer, and for the vineyards of Sibmah with great sorrow. I poured my tears upon Heshbon and Elealeh, for all their songs were laid down, in their harvest and gathering of their grapes.
Isaiah 16:10 (show verse)
Mirth and cheer was gone out of the field and vineyards, insomuch that no man was glad nor sung. There went no treader into the winepress, their merry cheer was laid down.
Isaiah 16:11 (show verse)
Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake.
Isaiah 16:12 (show verse)
And it shall come to pass, that when it is seen that Moab shall be made weary of his hill-chapels, he shall come to his temple to pray - but he shall not be made able.
Isaiah 16:13 (show verse)
So then, this is the saying that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Isaiah 16:14 (show verse)
But now the LORD sayeth thus: In three years, which shall be as the years of a hired servant, shall the glory of Moab be turned into confusion throughout all his multitude, which is very great. And as for the remnant of them, they shall be small and feeble.