Isaiah 16:14
And now the Lord has spoken, saying: In three years, like the years of a hired hand, the glory of Moab concerning the entire multitude of the people will be taken away, and what is left behind will be small and weak and not so numerous.
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13This is the word that the Lord has spoken to Moab concerning that time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:8Instead, you shall open your hand to the poor, and you shall lend to him whatever you perceive him to need.
Job 7:1The life of a man on the earth is a battle, and his days are like the days of a hired hand.
Isaiah 15:5My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.
Isaiah 21:16For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.
Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest upon this mountain. And Moab will be trampled under him, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.
Jeremiah 48:42And Moab will cease to be a people. For he has been glorified against the Lord.
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 →