Isaiah 16:12
And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
11For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
13This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.
Cross References
Numbers 22:41And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.
Numbers 23:28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 3:27Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
2 Kings 19:16Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Proverbs 1:28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:7-14
The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 6 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. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 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… Read the whole commentary →