Isaiah 16:2
For 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Send ye the lamb to the Moshel-Eretz, 1 from Sela by way of the midbar, 1 unto Har Bat Tziyon. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:36From Aro'er, which is on the edge of Wadi Arnon, and from the town that is by the wadi, even unto Gil'ad, there was not one town too strong for us; Hashem Eloheinu delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy 3:12And ha'aretz hazot, which we possessed at that time, from Aro'er, which is by the Wadi Arnon, and half way up the hill country of Gil'ad, and the towns thereof, gave I unto the Reuveni and Gadi.
Judges 11:18Then they went along through the midbar, skirted the Eretz Edom, and Eretz Moav, and came by the east side of Eretz Moav, encamped on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the territory of Moav; for the Arnon was the boundary of Moav.
Isaiah 13:14And it shall be like deer chased, 1 and like tzon not gathered; 1 each ish turning to his people, 1 and each fleeing to his own land. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:2-6
Exhortations to Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for… Read the whole commentary →