Isaiah 16:1-5

An Oracle Concerning Moab

1 t Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from u Sela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
 2 Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at v the fords of the Arnon.

3 "Give counsel;
grant justice;
w make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
 4 let x the outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them 1
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
 5 y then a throne will be established in steadfast love,
and on it will sit in faithfulness
in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
and is swift to do righteousness."

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:4
    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:11
    Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the habitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
    2 Kings 14:7
    He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.
  3. Cross References
    Judges 11:18
    Then they journeyed through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:4
    And when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:3
    And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:1 - 2
    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
    Daniel 7:14
    And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
    Daniel 7:27
    And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.
    Micah 4:7
    And the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
    Luke 1:33
    And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
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