Isaiah 16:12
When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
13This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
Cross References
Numbers 22:41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
Numbers 23:28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
1 Kings 11:7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
2 Kings 3:27So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 19:16Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will 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 →