Isaiah 16:14
But now hath the Lord spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired laborer, shall the glory of Moab be rendered mean with all this [his] great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and inconsiderable.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab in former times.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:8But thou shalt open wide thy hand unto him, and thou shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, which his want requireth.
Job 7:1Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired laborer?
Isaiah 15:5My heart will cry for Moab, whose fugitives are as far as Zo'ar, [and] the third 'Eglarth; for the ascent of Luchith—with weeping is it ascended; for on the way to Choronayim they let resound the cry of defeat [in battle].
Isaiah 21:16For thus hath said the Lord unto me, Within yet one year, like the years of a hired laborer, shall all the glory of Kedar be at an end:
Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trodden down on his own place, even as straw is trodden down upon the dunghill.
Jeremiah 48:42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people; because it hath magnified himself 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 →