Isaiah 16:12
And it shall be to thy shame (for Moab is wearied at the altars), that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
11Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.
13This is the word which the Lord spoke against Moab, when he spoke.
Cross References
Numbers 22:41And it was morning; and Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and showed him thence a part of the people.
Numbers 23:28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness.
1 Kings 11:7And thus he acted toward all his strange wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their idols.
2 Kings 3:27And he took his eldest son whom he had designed to reign in his stead, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering on the walls. And there was a great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land.
2 Kings 19:16Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
Proverbs 1:28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: 1 Wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me. 1
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 →