Isaiah 16 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 17

¹The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

KJVThe burden^H4853 of Damascus^H1834. Behold, Damascus^H1834 is taken away^H5493^(H8716) from being a city^H5892, and it shall be a ruinous^H4654 heap^H4596.

² The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

KJVThe cities^H5892 of Aroer^H6177 are forsaken^H5800^(H8803): they shall be for flocks^H5739, which shall lie down^H7257^(H8804), and none shall make them afraid^H2729^(H8688).

³ The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVThe fortress^H4013 also shall cease^H7673^(H8738) from Ephraim^H669, and the kingdom^H4467 from Damascus^H1834, and the remnant^H7605 of Syria^H758: they shall be as the glory^H3519 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁴ “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 it shall come to pass, that the glory^H3519 of Jacob^H3290 shall be made thin^H1809^(H8735), and the fatness^H4924 of his flesh^H1320 shall wax lean^H7329^(H8735).

⁵ It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.

KJVAnd it shall be as when the harvestman^H7105 gathereth^H622^(H8800) the corn^H7054, and reapeth^H7114^(H8799) the ears^H7641 with his arm^H2220; and it shall be as he that gathereth^H3950^(H8764) ears^H7641 in the valley^H6010 of Rephaim^H7497.

⁶ Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.

KJVYet gleaning grapes^H5955 shall be left^H7604^(H8738) in it, as the shaking^H5363 of an olive tree^H2132, two^H8147 or three^H7969 berries^H1620 in the top^H7218 of the uppermost bough^H534, four^H702 or five^H2568 in the outmost fruitful^H6509^(H8802) branches^H5585 thereof, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478.

⁷ In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

KJVAt that day^H3117 shall a man^H120 look^H8159^(H8799) to his Maker^H6213^(H8802), and his eyes^H5869 shall have respect^H7200^(H8799) to the Holy^H6918 One of Israel^H3478.

⁸ They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars.

KJVAnd he shall not look^H8159^(H8799) to the altars^H4196, the work^H4639 of his hands^H3027, neither shall respect^H7200^(H8799) that which his fingers^H676 have made^H6213^(H8804), either the groves^H842, or the images^H2553.

⁹ In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.

KJVIn that day^H3117 shall his strong^H4581 cities^H5892 be as a forsaken^H5800^(H8803) bough^H2793, and an uppermost branch^H534, which they left^H5800^(H8804) because^H6440 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478: and there shall be desolation^H8077.

¹⁰ For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

KJVBecause thou hast forgotten^H7911^(H8804) the God^H430 of thy salvation^H3468, and hast not been mindful^H2142^(H8804) of the rock^H6697 of thy strength^H4581, therefore shalt thou plant^H5193^(H8799) pleasant^H5282 plants^H5194, and shalt set^H2232^(H8799) it with strange^H2114^(H8801) slips^H2156:

¹¹ In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

KJVIn the day^H3117 shalt thou make thy plant^H5194 to grow^H7735^(H8770), and in the morning^H1242 shalt thou make thy seed^H2233 to flourish^H6524^(H8686): but the harvest^H7105 shall be a heap^H5067 in the day^H3117 of grief^H2470^(H8737) and of desperate^H605^(H8803) sorrow^H3511.

¹² Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

KJVWoe^H1945 to the multitude^H1995 of many^H7227 people^H5971, which make a noise^H1993^(H8799) like the noise^H1993^(H8800) of the seas^H3220; and to the rushing^H7588 of nations^H3816, that make a rushing like the rushing^H7582^(H8735) of mighty^H3524 waters^H4325!

¹³ The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

KJVThe nations^H3816 shall rush^H7582^(H8735) like the rushing^H7588 of many^H7227 waters^H4325: but God shall rebuke^H1605^(H8804) them, and they shall flee^H5127^(H8804) far off^H4801, and shall be chased^H7291^(H8795) as the chaff^H4671 of the mountains^H2022 before^H6440 the wind^H7307, and like a rolling thing^H1534 before^H6440 the whirlwind^H5492.

¹⁴ At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

KJVAnd behold at eveningtide^H6256^H6153 trouble^H1091; and before the morning^H1242 he is not. This is the portion^H2506 of them that spoil^H8154^(H8802) us, and the lot^H1486 of them that rob^H962^(H8802) us.

WEB·Isaiah 16

¹Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

KJVSend^H7971^(H8798) ye the lamb^H3733 to the ruler^H4910^(H8802) of the land^H776 from Sela^H5554 to the wilderness^H4057, unto the mount^H2022 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726.

² For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

KJVFor it shall be, that, as a wandering^H5074^(H8802) bird^H5775 cast out^H7971^(H8794) of the nest^H7064, so the daughters^H1323 of Moab^H4124 shall be at the fords^H4569 of Arnon^H769.

³ Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!

KJVTake^H935^(H8685) counsel^H6098, execute^H6213^(H8798) judgment^H6415; make^H7896^(H8798) thy shadow^H6738 as the night^H3915 in the midst^H8432 of the noonday^H6672; hide^H5641^(H8761) the outcasts^H5080^(H8737); bewray^H1540^(H8762) not him that wandereth^H5074^(H8802).

⁴ Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortionist is brought to nothing. Destruction ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

KJVLet mine outcasts^H5080^(H8737) dwell^H1481^(H8799) with thee, Moab^H4124; be^H1933^(H8798) thou a covert^H5643 to them from the face^H6440 of the spoiler^H7703^(H8802): for the extortioner^H4160^(H8801) is at an end^H656^(H8804), the spoiler^H7701 ceaseth^H3615^(H8804), the oppressors^H7429^(H8802) are consumed^H8552^(H8804) out of the land^H776.

⁵ A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

KJVAnd in mercy^H2617 shall the throne^H3678 be established^H3559^(H8717): and he shall sit^H3427^(H8804) upon it in truth^H571 in the tabernacle^H168 of David^H1732, judging^H8199^(H8802), and seeking^H1875^(H8802) judgment^H4941, and hasting^H4106 righteousness^H6664.

⁶ We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.

KJVWe have heard^H8085^(H8804) of the pride^H1347 of Moab^H4124; he is very^H3966 proud^H1341: even of his haughtiness^H1346, and his pride^H1347, and his wrath^H5678: but his lies^H907 shall not be so.

⁷ Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly stricken.

KJVTherefore shall Moab^H4124 howl^H3213^(H8686) for Moab^H4124, every one shall howl^H3213^(H8686): for the foundations^H808 of Kirhareseth^H7025 shall ye mourn^H1897^(H8799); surely they are stricken^H5218.

⁸ For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.

KJVFor the fields^H7709 of Heshbon^H2809 languish^H535^(H8797), and the vine^H1612 of Sibmah^H7643: the lords^H1167 of the heathen^H1471 have broken down^H1986^(H8804) the principal plants^H8291 thereof, they are come^H5060^(H8804) even unto Jazer^H3270, they wandered^H8582^(H8804) through the wilderness^H4057: her branches^H7976 are stretched out^H5203^(H8738), they are gone over^H5674^(H8804) the sea^H3220.

⁹ Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.

KJVTherefore I will bewail^H1058^(H8799) with the weeping^H1065 of Jazer^H3270 the vine^H1612 of Sibmah^H7643: I will water^H7301^(H8762) thee with my tears^H1832, O Heshbon^H2809, and Elealeh^H500: for the shouting^H1959 for thy summer fruits^H7019 and for thy harvest^H7105 is fallen^H5307^(H8804).

¹⁰ Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.

KJVAnd gladness^H8057 is taken away^H622^(H8738), and joy^H1524 out of the plentiful field^H3759; and in the vineyards^H3754 there shall be no singing^H7442^(H8792), neither shall there be shouting^H7321^(H8783): the treaders^H1869^(H8802) shall tread out^H1869^(H8799) no wine^H3196 in their presses^H3342; I have made their vintage shouting^H1959 to cease^H7673^(H8689).

¹¹ Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

KJVWherefore my bowels^H4578 shall sound^H1993^(H8799) like an harp^H3658 for Moab^H4124, and mine inward parts^H7130 for Kirharesh^H7025.

¹² It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, when it is seen^H7200^(H8738) that Moab^H4124 is weary^H3811^(H8738) on the high place^H1116, that he shall come^H935^(H8804) to his sanctuary^H4720 to pray^H6419^(H8692); but he shall not prevail^H3201^(H8799).

¹³ This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.

KJVThis is the word^H1697 that the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) concerning Moab^H4124 since that time^H227.

¹⁴ But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.”

KJVBut now the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765), saying^H559^(H8800), Within three^H7969 years^H8141, as the years^H8141 of an hireling^H7916, and the glory^H3519 of Moab^H4124 shall be contemned^H7034^(H8738), with all that great^H7227 multitude^H1995; and the remnant^H7605 shall be very^H4592 small^H4213 and feeble^H3808^H3524.

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