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Isaiah 16 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send ye a lamb to the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, at fords of Arnon.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And established in kindness is the throne, And one hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right are his devices.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it meditateth, Surely they are smitten.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines, Unto Jazer they have come, They have wandered in a wilderness, Her plants have spread themselves, They have passed over a sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:9 - Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer, The vine of Sibmah, I water thee with my tear, O Heshbon and Elealeh, For -- for thy summer fruits, and for thy harvest, The shouting hath fallen.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:13 - This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, 'In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant is little, small, not mighty!'
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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