Isaiah 16:12
And this shall be: when it is seen that Moab has struggled upon his high places, he will enter his holy places to pray, but he will not prevail.
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In The King James Version
In Context
11Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.
13This is the word that the Lord has spoken to Moab concerning that time.
Cross References
Numbers 22:41Then, when morning arrived, he led him to the heights of Baal, and he gazed upon the most distant portions of the population.
Numbers 23:28And when he had led him on to the top of mount Peor, which looks out toward the wilderness,
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the idol of Moab, on the mount that is opposite Jerusalem, and for Milcom, the idol of the sons of Ammon.
2 Kings 3:27And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
2 Kings 19:16Incline your ear, and listen. Open your eyes, O Lord, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.
Proverbs 1:28then they will call to me, and I will not heed, they will arise in the morning, and not find 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 →