Isaiah 16:1-7 ▼

1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela (the rock) in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.

2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab (of his father) at the fords of the Arnon (rushing stream):

3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab (of his father) from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

5 in loving devotion {chesed} a throne will be established in the tent of David (beloved). A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

6 We have heard of Moab’s (of his father) pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

7 Therefore let Moab (of his father) wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth (wall of potsherds), you⁺ who are utterly stricken.