Isaiah 16:4

Let fugitives of Moav dwell with thee; 1 be thou a seter (shelter, hiding place) to them from before the shoded (destroyer); 1 for the oppressor is at an end, 1 shod (destruction) ceaseth, 1 the aggressors are consumed out of HaAretz. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

In Context

3Give us etzah (counsel, advice); make pelilah (decision, justice); 1 cast thy tzel as the lailah in the midst of tzahorayim; 1 hide the fugitives; 1 betray not him that is refugee. 1

5And in chesed shall the kisse be established; 1 and sitting upon it in emes in the Ohel Dovid, 1 a Shofet seeking mishpat, 1 and hastening tzedek. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is oni (poor) and evyon (needy), whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy ger that are in thy land within thy she'arim;

Isaiah 14:4That thou shalt take up this mashal against Melech Bavel, and say: 1 How hath the nogesh (oppressor) ceased! 1 How hast fury ceased! 1

Isaiah 25:10For in Har Hazeh + 25:10 i.e., Mount Tziyon shall the Yad Hashem rest, 1 and Moav shall be trodden down under Him, 1 even as straw is trodden down in dung. 1

Isaiah 51:13And forgettest Hashem Osehcha (thy Maker), 1 that hath stretched out Shomayim, 1 and laid the foundations of Eretz; 1 and thou art terrified tamid (constantly), kol hayom, 1 because of the fury of the oppressor 1 when he is ready to destroy? 1 And where is the fury of the oppressor? 1

Jeremiah 48:8And the destroyer shall come upon every city, 1 and no city shall escape: 1 the emek (valley) also shall perish, 1 and the plain shall be shmad (destroyed), 1 as Hashem hath spoken. 1

Zechariah 9:8And I will encamp about Mine Bais against military power, 1 because of him that goes maurading to and fro; 1 and no oppressor shall pass through them any more; 1 for now I am keeping watch with Mine eyes. 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 →

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