Isaiah 16 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation

1Send lambs to the ruler of the land,

From Sela through the wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem).

2For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings,

The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

3[Say to the ruler] “Give us advice, make a decision;

Cast your shadow like night in the midst of noon;

Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

4“Let our outcasts of Moab live among you;

Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”

For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,

Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land,

5A throne will be established in lovingkindness,

And One will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent (dynasty, family) of David;

Judging and seeking justice

And being prompt to do righteousness.

6¶We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride—

Even of his arrogance, his conceit, his rage,

His untruthful boasting.

7Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.

You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,

As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.

8For the fields of Heshbon have languished and withered, and the vines of Sibmah as well;

The lords of the nations have trampled down choice vine branches,

Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered into the wilderness;

Its tendrils stretched out, they passed over the Sea.

9Therefore I (Isaiah) will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vines of Sibmah.

I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;

For the war-cry has fallen on your summer fruits and your harvest.

10Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;

In the vineyards there will be no singing or joyful sound;

No treader treads out wine in the presses,

For I (God) put an end to the joyful shouting.

11Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab,

And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.

12So it will come to pass when Moab presents himself,

When he wearies himself on his high place

And comes to his sanctuary to pray,

That he will not prevail.

13This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab.

14But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all the great population, and the remnant will be very small and of no account.”