16:1ffAttacked by the Assyrians, Moabite refugees would flee to Sela, which lay in the country of Edom to the south. Desperate Moabites, seeking Judah’s protection, would send a tribute of lambs to Jerusalem. Jerusalem would be a safe refuge for a while. Isaiah advised Judah to accept these refugees as a sign of compassion during the enemy's time of devastation.
Life Application Study BibleIsaiahChapter 16
Isaiah 16
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16Isaiah 16
1to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
2The women of Moab are left like homeless birdsat the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
3“Help us,” they cry.“Defend us against our enemies.Protect us from their relentless attack.Do not betray us now that we have escaped.
4Let our refugees stay among you.Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.”When oppression and destruction have endedand enemy raiders have disappeared,5 then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king.He will rule with mercy and truth.He will always do what is justand be eager to do what is right.
6We have heard about proud Moab—about its pride and arrogance and rage.But all that boasting has disappeared.
7The entire land of Moab weeps.Yes, everyone in Moab mournsfor the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.They are all gone now.
8The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—that beautiful grapevine.Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazerand trailed eastward into the wilderness.Its shoots reached so far westthat they crossed over the Dead Sea.*
10Gone now is the gladness,gone the joy of harvest.There will be no singing in the vineyards,no more happy shouts,no treading of grapes in the winepresses.Ihave ended all their harvest joys.
11My heart’s cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp.lam filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth.*
12The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,but it will do them no good.They will cry to the gods in their temples,but no one will be able to save them.
13The LORD has already said these things about Moab in the past. 14But now the LORD says, “Within three years, counting each day,* the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a few of its people will be left alive.”
Textual footnotes
- 16:11 Hebrew Kir-heres, a variant spelling of Kir-hareseth.
- 16:14 Hebrew Within three years, as a servant bound by
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sybase a 16:10 Job 24:11 isa 24:7-8 Jer 48:33 Amos 5:17
16:11 tsa 15:5; 63:15 16:12 1 Kgs 18:26-29 Jer 48:35
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47:6 ‘Deut 4:27 fea 24:13; 27:12
§ 36:10 The treading out of grapes (squeezing the juice from 4 rapes by mashing them with bare feet) was the climax of the Watvest season, a time of great joy in the vineyards. But the joy Of harvest would soon be ended because the people in their pride
• Ignored God and rebelled against him. ‘16:12 When the people of Moab experienced God's wrath, they SOught their own idols and gods. Nothing happened, however, because there was no one there to save them. We may seek our Swn ways of escaping daily troubles—work, friends, pleasure, OF even some human-made religious idea. But our only hope lies » IN God, the only one who can hear and help us. 16°13, 14. Tiglath-pileser III invaded Moab in 732 B.C.; Sen- Racherib invaded Moab the same year that he invaded Judah, 701 BC. The earlier event occurred three years after Isaiah’s i Prediction, marking Isaiah as a true prophet. In these events, ue Deople of Israel saw prophecy fulfitled before their very eyes.
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