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Isaiah 16 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:13 - This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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