IsaiahJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareIsaiah 16Geneva - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Isaiah 1Isaiah 2Isaiah 3Isaiah 4Isaiah 5Isaiah 6Isaiah 7Isaiah 8Isaiah 9Isaiah 10Isaiah 11Isaiah 12Isaiah 13Isaiah 14Isaiah 15Isaiah 16Isaiah 17Isaiah 18Isaiah 19Isaiah 20Isaiah 21Isaiah 22Isaiah 23Isaiah 24Isaiah 25Isaiah 26Isaiah 27Isaiah 28Isaiah 29Isaiah 30Isaiah 31Isaiah 32Isaiah 33Isaiah 34Isaiah 35Isaiah 36Isaiah 37Isaiah 38Isaiah 39Isaiah 40Isaiah 41Isaiah 42Isaiah 43Isaiah 44Isaiah 45Isaiah 46Isaiah 47Isaiah 48Isaiah 49Isaiah 50Isaiah 51Isaiah 52Isaiah 53Isaiah 54Isaiah 55Isaiah 56Isaiah 57Isaiah 58Isaiah 59Isaiah 60Isaiah 61Isaiah 62Isaiah 63Isaiah 64Isaiah 65Isaiah 66›Isaiah 16ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Send yee a lambe to the ruler of the worlde from the rocke of the wildernesse, vnto the mountaine of the daughter Zion. 2For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes of Arnon. 3Gather a cousel, execute iudgement: make thy shadowe as the night in the midday: hide them that are chased out: bewray not him that is fled. 4Let my banished dwell with thee: Moab be thou their couert from the face of the destroyer: for the extortioner shall ende: the destroyer shalbe consumed, and the oppressour shall cease out of the land. 5And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and hee shall sit vpon it in stedfastnesse, in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging, and seeking iudgement, and hasting iustice. 6We haue heard of the pride of Moab, (he is very proud) euen his pride, and his arrogancie, and his indignation, but his lies shall not be so. 7Therefore shall Moab howle vnto Moab: euery one shall howle: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourne, yet they shalbe striken. 8For ye vineyards of Heshbon are cut downe, and the vine of Sibmah: the lordes of the heathen haue broken the principal vines thereof: they are come vnto Iaazer: they wandred in the wildernesse: her goodly branches stretched out them selues, and went ouer the sea. 9Therefore will I weepe with the weeping of Iaazer, and of the vine of Sibmah, O Heshbon: and Elealeh, I will make thee drunke with my teares, because vpon thy sommer fruits, and vpon thy haruest a showting is fallen. 10And gladnes is taken away, and ioy out of the plentifull fielde: and in the vineyardes shall be no singing nor shouting for ioy: the treader shall not tread wine in the wine presses: I haue caused the reioycing to cease. 11Wherefore, my bowels shall sounde like an harpe for Moab, and mine inwarde partes for Ker-haresh. 12And when it shall appeare that Moab shall be wearie of his hie places, then shall hee come to his temple to praie, but he shall not preuaile. 13This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against Moab since that time. 14And nowe the Lord hath spoken, saying, In three yeres, as the yeeres of a hireling, and the glorie of Moab shall be contemned in all the great multitude, and the remnant shalbe very small and feeble. ‹Previous chapterIsaiah 15Next chapterIsaiah 17›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsIsaiah 16 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain