Isaiah 16

Isaiah 16, verse 1. ¹“I shall send them like reptiles upon the land, for is not Mount Zion a deserted rock? Isaiah 16, verse 2. ²O Daughter of Moab, you shall be like a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown. Then, O Arnon, Isaiah 16, verse 3. ³take more counsel and make for her a shelter of mourning continually. In the middle of the day they flee in darkness; they are amazed; do not be led away. Isaiah 16, verse 4. ⁴The outcasts of Moab will sojourn with you. They will shelter you from the face of the pursuer, for your alliance has been taken away, and the ruler who trampled the land underfoot has perished from the earth. Isaiah 16, verse 5. ⁵A throne will be established with mercy, and in the tabernacle of David, one will sit upon it in truth, judging, seeking justice, and hastening righteousness.” Isaiah 16, verse 6. ⁶We heard of the insolence of Moab, exceedingly insolent. You drove away his arrogance. Your divination is not in this way, Isaiah 16, verse 7. ⁷no not in this way. Moab shall wail, for everyone shall wail in the land of Moab. For you will think about those who dwell in Deseth, and not be ashamed. Isaiah 16, verse 8. ⁸The plains of Heshbon and the vine of Sibmah swallow the nations and shall mourn. Trample down her vines. Do not reach to Jazer. Wander in the desert. Those sent were left behind, for they passed through the desert. Isaiah 16, verse 9. ⁹Therefore I will weep for the vine of Sibmah with the weeping of Jazer. O Heshbon and Elealeh, he struck down your trees, for I shall trample on your harvest and vintage, and both shall fall. Isaiah 16, verse 10. ¹⁰Gladness is taken away, so too the joy from your vineyards, for in the vineyards there shall be no rejoicing; and no treaders will tread out wine in the wine vats, for the wine has ceased. Isaiah 16, verse 11. ¹¹Therefore my belly will resound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts like a wall you renewed. Isaiah 16, verse 12. ¹²Then it shall come to pass, when you are shamed (for Moab grows weary at his altars), that he will go in to pray to the things made with hands, but they will be unable to deliver him. Isaiah 16, verse 13. ¹³This is the word the Lord spoke against Moab when He spoke. Isaiah 16, verse 14. ¹⁴“So now I say to you, within three years, as in the years of a hired man, the glory of Moab, with its great wealth, shall be dishonored, and he will be left few in number and not honored.”