Isaiah 16:12
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall not prevail.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.
13This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time:
Cross References
Numbers 22:41And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people.
Numbers 23:28And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 3:27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall: and there was great indignation in Israel, and presently they departed from him, and returned into their own country.
2 Kings 19:16Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.
Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall 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 →