Isaiah 16:1

Send ye the lamb to the Moshel-Eretz, 1 from Sela by way of the midbar, 1 unto Har Bat Tziyon. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

In Context

2For it shall be, that, 1 as an oph noded (wandering bird) cast out of the ken (nest), 1 so the Banot Moav shall be 1 at the fords of the Arnon. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2And he struck Moav, and measured them with a chevel (cord, rope), casting them down to the ground; even with two chavalim (ropes, cords) measured he to put to death, and with one full chevel (cord) to keep alive. And so Moav became to Dovid as avadim, and brought minchah (gifts, tribute).

2 Kings 14:7He struck down Edom in the Gey HaMelach 10,000, and took Sela + 14:7 Petra in milchamah (battle), and called the shem of it Yokte'el unto this day.

Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nov this very day; 1 he shall shake his fist against the Har Bat Tziyon, 1 the Givat Yerushalayim. 1

Micah 4:8And thou, O migdal eder (tower of the flock), hill of Bat Tziyon, 1 unto thee shall it come, 1 even the hammemshalah harishonah (former dominion); 1 the mamlachah (kingdom) shall come to Bat Yerushalayim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:1

This chapter continues and concludes the burden of Moab. In it, I. The prophet gives good counsel to the Moabites, to reform what was amiss among them, and particularly to be kind to God's people, as the likeliest way to prevent the judgments before threatened, ver. 1-5 . II. Fearing they would not take this counsel (they were so proud), he goes on to foretel the lamentable devastation of their country, and the confusion they should be brought to, and this within three years, ver. 6-14 . Read the whole commentary →

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