Isaiah 16:1-7 ▼

1 Send them forth, hugging the earth like reptiles, from Sela across the desert, to the mount of daughter Zion.

2 Like flushed birds, like scattered nestlings, Are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

3 Offer counsel, take their part; at high noon make your shade like the night; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitives.

4 Let the outcasts of Moab live with you, be their shelter from the destroyer. When there is an end to the oppressor, when destruction has ceased, and the marauders have vanished from the land,

5 A throne shall be set up in mercy, and on it shall sit in fidelity, in David’s tent, A judge upholding right, prompt to do justice.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, how very proud he is, Of his haughtiness, pride, and arrogance that his empty words do not match.

7 Therefore let Moab wail, let everyone wail for Moab; For the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth let them sigh, stricken with grief.