{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of the Prophet Isaiah<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 16<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,1,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">S<\/span>end ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,2,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,3,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,4,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,5,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,6,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,7,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,8,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,9,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,10,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,11,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,12,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,13,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,16,14,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/23\/15\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/23\/17\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 16 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah","toolbar_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah — Ch. 16","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/23\/15","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/23\/17","tid":1,"book_id":23,"chapter":16,"num_chapters":66,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Isaiah","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/23\/16","meta_desc":"Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 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