Isaiah 16:14
And now I say, In three years, of the years of an hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonoured with all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honoured.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
13This is the word which the Lord spoke against Moab, when he spoke.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:8Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.
Job 7:1Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?
Isaiah 15:5The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
Isaiah 21:16For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, and the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail:
Isaiah 25:10God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons.
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 →