Isaiah 16:12
The Moabites go and wear themselves out worshiping at their high places. They go to their shrines to pray, but it does them no good.
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11Heartbroken I cry for Moab like sad music on a harp; deep inside I weep for Kir-hareseth.
13This is the message that the Lord has already delivered about Moab.
Cross References
Numbers 22:41The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the extent of the Israelite camp.
Numbers 23:28Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.
1 Kings 11:7It was then that Solomon built a high place of worship for Chemosh, the vile god of the people of Moab, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites, on a hill east of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 3:27So the king of Moab took his firstborn son, who was meant to succeed him, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the town wall. Great anger came upon the Israelites, so they left and went back to their own country.
2 Kings 19:16Please listen with your ears, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the message that Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.
Proverbs 1:28then you'll call out to me for help, but I won't answer; you'll search hard for me, but won't 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 →