Isaiah 16
Overview
16:1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David;
16:6 Moab is threatened for her pride;
16:9 The prophet bewails her;
16:12 The judgment of Moab. Verse 1the lamb2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 3:4; Ezra 7:17 from2 Kings 14:7 Selaor, Petra, Heb. a rockthe mountIsaiah 10:32; Micah 4:8Reciprocal1 Chronicles 18:2 - brought gifts; Isaiah 18:7 - shall the; Ezekiel 45:16 - for Verse 2asIsaiah 13:14; Proverbs 27:8 cast out of the nestor, a nest forsakenthe fordsNumbers 21:13-15; Deuteronomy 2:36, 3:8, 3:12; Joshua 13:16; Judges 11:18ReciprocalNumbers 22:36 - the border; Joshua 12:1 - from the; Psalm 109:10 - General; Jeremiah 48:9 - wings; 48:12 - wanderers; 48:20 - Arnon; Micah 1:11 - Pass Verse 3TakeHeb. BringexecuteIsaiah 1:17; Psalm 82:3, 82:4; Jeremiah 21:12, 22:3; Ezekiel 45:9-12; Daniel 4:27; Zechariah 7:9 makeIsaiah 9:6, 25:4, 32:2; Judges 9:15; Jonah 4:5-8 hideIsaiah 56:8; Obadiah 1:12-14; Matthew 25:35; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalDeuteronomy 23:16 - shall dwell; Isaiah 21:14 - brought; 27:13 - the outcasts; 30:2 - the shadow; 58:7 - bring; Jeremiah 7:5 - if ye thoroughly; 49:5 - none; 49:36 - the outcasts Verse 4mineDeuteronomy 23:15, 23:16, 24:14; Jeremiah 21:12 forIsaiah 14:4, 33:1, 51:13; Jeremiah 48:8, 48:18; Zechariah 9:8 extortionerHeb. wringeroppressorsHeb. treaders down, Isaiah 15:6, 25:10; Zechariah 10:5; Malachi 4:3; Luke 21:24; Romans 16:20; Revelation 11:2ReciprocalIsaiah 21:14 - brought; 27:13 - the outcasts; 58:7 - bring; Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews; 49:36 - the outcasts Verse 5in mercyPsalm 61:6, 61:7, 85:10, 89:1, 89:2, 89:14; Proverbs 20:28, 29:14; Luke 1:69-75 establishedor, preparedin theIsaiah 9:6, 9:7; 2 Samuel 5:9, 7:16; Jeremiah 23:5, 23:6; Daniel 7:14, 7:27; Amos 9:11; Micah 4:7; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 15:16, 15:17 judgingIsaiah 11:1-5, 32:1, 32:2; 2 Samuel 23:3; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Chronicles 31:20; Psalm 72:2-4, 96:13; 98:9, 99:4; Zechariah 9:9; Habakkuk 1:8, 1:9 hasting2 Peter 3:11, 3:12ReciprocalExodus 18:13 - General; 18:21 - men; 2 Samuel 19:22 - shall there any man; 1 Kings 20:31 - merciful kings; Psalm 113:5 - like; Proverbs 25:5 - his; Luke 1:32 - give; Acts 24:25 - righteousness Verse 6haveIsaiah 2:11; Jeremiah 48:26, 48:29, 48:30, 48:42; Amos 2:1; Obadiah 1:3, 1:4; Zephaniah 2:9, 2:10; 1 Peter 5:5 butIsaiah 28:15, 28:18, 44:25; Jeremiah 50:36Reciprocal2 Chronicles 20:1 - the children of Moab; Isaiah 25:11 - he shall bring; Jeremiah 13:9 - the great; 48:11 - emptied; 48:14 - We; Ezekiel 16:49 - pride; Habakkuk 2:5 - a proud man; James 4:6 - God Verse 7shall MoabIsaiah 15:2-5; Jeremiah 48:20 KirharesethIsaiah 16:11, 15:1; 2 Kings 3:25 mournor, mutter, Isaiah 8:19ReciprocalJoshua 13:16 - General; Isaiah 14:31 - Howl; 23:6 - howl; Jeremiah 48:3 - voice; 48:31 - will I howl; 49:3 - Howl; Ezekiel 30:2 - Howl; 30:4 - and her; James 4:6 - God Verse 8the fieldsIsaiah 15:4, 24:7; 2 Samuel 1:21 the vineIsaiah 16:9; Numbers 32:38 SibmahJoshua 13:19 the lordsIsaiah 10:7; Jeremiah 27:6, 27:7 JazerNumbers 32:3; Joshua 13:25 stretched outor, plucked upReciprocalGenesis 21:14 - wandered; Numbers 21:25 - in Heshbon; 21:32 - Jaazer; 32:1 - Jazer; Joshua 21:39 - Jazer; 2 Samuel 24:5 - Jazer; Jeremiah 48:2 - Heshbon; 48:17 - bemoan; 48:32 - vine Verse 9I will bewailIsaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:32-34 O HeshbonIsaiah 15:4 for9:3; Judges 9:27; Jeremiah 40:10, 40:12 the shouting foror, the alarm is fallen upon, etcReciprocalNumbers 21:25 - in Heshbon; 21:32 - Jaazer; 32:1 - Jazer; 32:3 - Heshbon; Joshua 13:19 - And Kirjathaim; 21:39 - Jazer; 2 Samuel 24:5 - Jazer; 1 Chronicles 26:31 - Jazer; Isaiah 15:6 - the grass; 16:8 - the vine; 21:3 - are; Jeremiah 9:1 - General; 25:30 - give; 48:2 - Heshbon; 48:33 - joy; Ezekiel 27:31 - they shall weep; 32:18 - wail; Micah 1:8 - I will wail Verse 10Isaiah 24:8, 24:9, 32:10; Jeremiah 48:33; Amos 5:11, 5:17; Habakkuk 3:17, 3:18; Zephaniah 1:13ReciprocalJudges 9:27 - merry; Isaiah 9:3 - according; 15:6 - the grass; 24:7 - General; Joel 1:12 - joy Verse 11myIsaiah 15:5, 63:15; Jeremiah 4:19, 31:20, 48:36; Hosea 11:8; Philippians 2:1 KirhareshIsaiah 16:7, Kir-haresethReciprocal2 Kings 3:25 - Kirharaseth; Isaiah 15:1 - Kir; 21:3 - are; Lamentations 1:20 - my bowels; Ezekiel 21:6 - with the; Philippians 1:8 - in Verse 12whenIsaiah 15:2, 26:16; Numbers 22:39, 22:41, 23:1-3, 23:14, 23:28, 24:17; Proverbs 1:28; Jeremiah 48:35 he shallIsaiah 37:38; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 3:27; Jeremiah 48:7, 48:13, 48:46 butIsaiah 47:13; 2 Kings 19:12, 19:16-19; Psalm 115:3-7; Jeremiah 10:5

Verse 13sinceIsaiah 44:8ReciprocalJeremiah 48:16 - near Verse 14threeIsaiah 7:16, 15:5, 21:16; Deuteronomy 15:8 the gloryIsaiah 17:4, 23:9; Genesis 31:1; Esther 5:11; Jeremiah 9:23; Nahum 2:9, 2:10 and the remnantJeremiah 48:46, 48:47 feebleor, not manyReciprocalLeviticus 25:50 - according to the time; Deuteronomy 15:18 - a double; Nehemiah 13:1 - the Ammonite; Isaiah 17:3 - they shall; 25:10 - Moab; Jeremiah 25:21 - Moab; 48:1 - Moab; 48:2 - no more; 48:16 - near; Ezekiel 25:8 - Moab; Hosea 10:15 - in; Amos 2:1 - of Moab; Zephaniah 2:9 - Surely; 3:6 - cut Verse 1 amburdenIsaiah 15:1, 19:1 Damascus7:8; Genesis 14:15, 15:2; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Chronicles 28:5, 28:23; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; Zechariah 9:1; Acts 9:2 Damascus isIsaiah 8:4, 10:9; 2 Kings 16:9 a ruinousIsaiah 25:2, 37:26; Jeremiah 49:2; Micah 1:6, 3:12ReciprocalDeuteronomy 13:16 - an heap; Joshua 8:28 - an heap; Isaiah 7:16 - the land; 9:11 - set up; 13:1 - burden; 21:1 - The burden; Amos 3:12 - so shall Verse 2AroerNumbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36, 3:12; Joshua 13:16; Jeremiah 48:19 they shallIsaiah 5:17, 7:23-25; Ezekiel 25:5; Zephaniah 2:6 noneJeremiah 7:33Reciprocal2 Samuel 24:5 - Aroer; 1 Chronicles 5:8 - Aroer; Isaiah 7:21 - a man; 7:25 - but it; 27:10 - there shall the; Zephaniah 3:13 - and Verse 3fortressIsaiah 7:8, 7:16, 8:4, 10:9; 2 Kings 16:9, 17:6; Hosea 1:4, 1:6, 3:4, 5:13, 5:14, 8:8; 9:16, 9:17, 10:14, 13:7, 13:8, 13:15, 13:16; Amos 2:6-9, 3:9-15, 5:25-27, 6:7-11; 8:14, 9:1-10; Micah 1:4-9 they shallIsaiah 16:14, 28:1-4; Hosea 9:11ReciprocalIsaiah 27:7 - he smitten; Amos 6:13 - Have Verse 4the gloryIsaiah 9:8, 9:21, 10:4 the fatness10:16, 24:13, 24:16; Deuteronomy 32:15-27; Ezekiel 34:20; Zephaniah 2:11 *marg.ReciprocalIsaiah 16:14 - the glory; 17:9 - General; 21:17 - the mighty; Jeremiah 13:25 - thy lot; Ezekiel 14:22 - therein; Amos 6:13 - Have Verse 5as whenJeremiah 9:22, 51:33; Hosea 6:11; Joel 3:13; Matthew 13:30, 13:39-42; Revelation 14:15-20 the valleyJoshua 15:8, 18:16, the valley of the giants, 2 Samuel 5:18, 5:22ReciprocalGenesis 14:5 - Rephaims; 15:20 - Rephaims; 2 Samuel 23:13 - the valley; 1 Chronicles 11:15 - in the; 14:9 - the valley; Job 24:24 - cut off; Isaiah 17:9 - General; 21:17 - the mighty; 24:13 - there Verse 6Isaiah 1:9, 10:22, 24:13; Deuteronomy 4:27; Judges 8:2; 1 Kings 19:18; Ezekiel 36:8-15; 37:19-25, 39:29; Obadiah 1:5; Micah 7:1; Romans 9:27, 11:4-6, 11:26ReciprocalLeviticus 19:10 - glean; Job 24:24 - cut off; Jeremiah 3:14 - one of a city; 49:9 - grapegatherers Verse 7Isaiah 10:20, 10:21, 19:22, 22:11, 24:14, 24:15, 29:18, 29:19, 29:24; Judges 10:15, 10:16; 2 Chronicles 30:10, 30:11, 30:18-20, 31:1, 35:17, 35:18; Jeremiah 3:12-14, 3:18-23, 31:4-10; Hosea 3:5, 6:1, 14:1-3; Micah 7:7ReciprocalIsaiah 4:1 - And in; 30:22 - defile; 31:1 - stay on horses; 37:23 - the Holy One; Ezekiel 36:25 - from all your idols; Hosea 3:1 - look; Micah 5:13 - graven; Zechariah 9:1 - when Verse 8he shallIsaiah 1:29, 2:18-21, 27:9, 30:22; 2 Chronicles 34:6, 34:7; Ezekiel 36:25; Hosea 14:8; Zephaniah 1:3; Zechariah 13:2 the workIsaiah 2:8, 31:6, 31:7, 44:15, 44:19, 44:20; Hosea 8:4-6, 10:1, 10:2, 13:1, 13:2; Micah 5:13, 5:14 imagesor, sun-images, 2 Chronicles 14:5, 34:4 *marg.ReciprocalIsaiah 10:20 - but shall stay; 31:1 - stay on horses; Jeremiah 17:2 - their altars; Hosea 3:1 - look; Zechariah 9:1 - when Verse 9Isaiah 17:4, 17:5, 6:11-13, 7:16-20, 9:9-12, 24:1-12, 27:10, 28:1-4; Hosea 10:14; 13:15, 13:16; Amos 3:11-15, 7:9; Micah 5:11, 6:16, 7:13

Verse 10thou hastIsaiah 51:13; Deuteronomy 6:12, 8:11, 8:14, 8:19; Psalm 9:17, 106:13, 106:21; Jeremiah 2:32, 17:13; Hosea 2:13, 2:14, 4:6, 8:14, 13:6, 13:7 the GodIsaiah 12:2; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 65:5, 68:19, 68:20, 79:9, 85:4; Habakkuk 3:18 the rockIsaiah 26:4; Deuteronomy 32:4, 32:15; Psalm 18:2, 31:2 shalt thouIsaiah 65:21, 65:22; Leviticus 26:16, 26:20; Deuteronomy 28:30, 28:38-42; Jeremiah 12:13; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13ReciprocalDeuteronomy 32:18 - the Rock; Job 15:31 - for vanity; Psalm 44:17 - yet; 129:7 - he that bindeth; Jeremiah 3:21 - and they have; Ezekiel 23:35 - Because; Hosea 2:9 - take; Haggai 1:9 - Ye looked Verse 11the harvestIsaiah 18:5, 18:6; Job 4:8; Jeremiah 5:31; Hosea 8:7, 9:1-4, 9:16, 10:12-15; Joel 1:5-12; Galatians 6:7, 6:8 a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrowor, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow. Isaiah 65:13, 65:14; Matthew 8:11, 8:12; Romans 2:5, 2:8, 2:9ReciprocalJob 15:31 - for vanity; Psalm 129:7 - he that bindeth; Isaiah 40:24 - they shall not be planted; Hosea 2:9 - take; Joel 1:11 - because; Haggai 1:9 - Ye looked Verse 12multitudeor, noise, Isaiah 9:5 make a noise5:26-30, 8:7, 8:8, 28:17; Psalm 18:4, 46:1-3, 65:6, 65:7, 93:3, 93:4; Jeremiah 6:23; Ezekiel 43:2; Luke 21:25 mightyor, many, Psalm 29:3; Revelation 17:1, 17:15Reciprocal2 Chronicles 32:21 - the leaders; Psalm 46:3 - the waters; 55:8 - the windy storm; 83:13 - like; Isaiah 10:12 - I will; 10:25 - For yet; 14:25 - I will; 25:5 - shalt bring; 33:3 - General; 37:33 - He Verse 13butIsaiah 10:15, 10:16, 10:33, 10:34, 14:25, 25:4, 25:5, 27:1, 30:30-33, 31:8, 31:9, 33:1-3, 33:9-12; 37:29-38; Psalm 9:5, 46:5-11 rebukeJob 38:11; Mark 4:39-41 shall beIsaiah 29:5, 41:15, 41:16; Job 21:18; Psalm 1:4, 35:5, 83:13-15; Daniel 2:35; Hosea 13:3 a rolling thingor, thistle-downReciprocalJob 13:25 - break; 18:18 - chased; 30:22 - liftest me; Psalm 46:3 - the waters; 55:8 - the windy storm; 58:9 - as; 65:7 - tumult; 92:9 - scattered; 93:3 - The floods; Proverbs 1:27 - as a; Isaiah 8:7 - the Lord bringeth; 13:14 - as the; 22:18 - surely; 33:11 - conceive; 37:7 - I will; 40:24 - and the; Jeremiah 13:24 - as; 51:55 - her waves; Hosea 13:15 - an east; Zephaniah 2:2 - as; Zechariah 7:14 - scattered; Matthew 3:12 - but; 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring; Revelation 1:15 - his voice; 14:2 - of many Verse 14at eveningtideIsaiah 10:28-32; 2 Kings 19:3, 19:35; Psalm 37:36 the portionIsaiah 33:1; Judges 5:31; Job 20:29; Proverbs 22:23; Jeremiah 2:3, 13:25; Ezekiel 39:10; Habakkuk 2:16, 2:17; Zephaniah 2:9, 2:10ReciprocalJob 18:18 - chased; Isaiah 21:12 - The morning; 27:7 - he smitten; 29:2 - I will; 37:7 - I will; 37:33 - He; Jeremiah 49:10 - he is not; Ezekiel 7:7 - morning; 28:26 - despise; Daniel 2:35 - like; Nahum 1:12 - Through; 3:1 - full; 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring Verse 1 amWoeBp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings.the landIsaiah 20:3-6, 30:2, 30:3, 31:1 shadowingRuth 2:12; Psalm 17:8, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 63:7, 91:4; Matthew 23:37 which2 Kings 19:9; Ezekiel 30:4, 30:5; Zephaniah 2:12, 3:10ReciprocalEsther 1:1 - from India; Ezekiel 29:2 - against all; 30:9 - messengers Verse 2sendethIsaiah 30:2-4; Ezekiel 30:9 vesselsIt is well known that the Egyptians commonly used on the Nile a light sort of ships or boats made of the papyrus. See note on Exodus 2:3.to a nationIsaiah 18:7 scattered and peeledor, outspread and polished, Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "stretched out in length and smoothed." Egypt, which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees n lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees e long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length - through the middle of which runs the Nile
in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.to a peopleGenesis 10:8, 10:9; 2 Chronicles 12:2-4, 14:9, 16:8, HebMeted out and trodden downor, that meteth out and treadeth down, Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot, This is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries, after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in by turning their cattle into the fields.have spoiledor, despise, Isaiah 19:5-7Reciprocal19:6 - the reeds; 42:22 - a people; Jeremiah 49:14 - an ambassador; Obadiah 1:1 - and an
Verse 3All yeIsaiah 1:2; Psalm 49:1, 49:2, 50:1; Jeremiah 22:29; Micah 6:2 see yeIsaiah 5:26, 7:18, 13:2, 13:4, 26:11; Amos 3:6-8; Micah 6:9; Zechariah 9:14; Matthew 13:9, 13:16ReciprocalNumbers 2:2 - the ensign; 10:9 - then ye shall; Isaiah 11:12 - set up; 27:13 - the great; 31:9 - he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear; 33:13 - Hear; 34:1 - Come; 62:10 - go through; 66:19 - I will set; Jeremiah 49:14 - an ambassador; 51:27 - ye up; Hosea 8:1 - the trumpet; Obadiah 1:1 - and an; Zechariah 6:8 - quieted; 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last Verse 4I willIsaiah 26:21; Psalm 132:13, 132:14; Hosea 5:15 consider in my dwelling placeor, regard my set dwelling, Isaiah 18:7, 12:6, 14:32, 31:9, 46:13; Joel 3:17 like a clear2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 72:6 upon herbsor, after rainReciprocalDeuteronomy 33:13 - the dew; Job 37:11 - he scattereth; Isaiah 25:5 - as the heat; 25:10 - in this; 30:18 - wait; Hosea 14:5 - as the dew; Zephaniah 3:17 - he will; Zechariah 6:8 - quieted Verse 5Isaiah 17:11; Song of Songs 2:13, 2:15; Ezekiel 17:6-10ReciprocalPsalm 80:12 - broken; Song of Songs 7:12 - the tender; Jeremiah 51:33 - the time; Hosea 11:6 - consume Verse 6Isaiah 14:19, 34:1-7; Jeremiah 7:33, 15:3; Ezekiel 32:4-6, 39:17-20; Revelation 19:17, 19:18ReciprocalPsalm 80:12 - broken; Isaiah 17:11 - the harvest; Jeremiah 16:4 - meat; Ezekiel 31:13 - General Verse 7shall theIsaiah 16:1, 23:17, 23:18, 45:14; 2 Chronicles 32:23; Psalm 68:29-31, 72:9-15; Zephaniah 3:10; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 2:11; Acts 8:27, 8:28 scattered and peeledor, outspread and polished, Isaiah 18:2 to the18:4, 60:6-9; Micah 4:13; Zechariah 14:16, 14:17ReciprocalNumbers 31:28 - levy; Isaiah 14:2 - and the house; 43:6 - bring; 66:19 - I will set; Jeremiah 48:47 - Yet will I bring