Isaiah 16:5

And 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

In Context

4Let 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

6We have heard of the ga'on Moav; 1 he is very proud; 1 even of his ga'avah (haughtiness), and his ga'on, and his insolence; 1 but his boasts shall not be so. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9So Dovid dwelt in the Metzudah, and called it Ir Dovid. And Dovid built [Ir Dovid] all around from Millo and inward.

2 Samuel 23:3The Elohei Yisroel said, 1 the Tzur Yisroel spoke to me, 1 He that ruleth over adam, 1 Tzaddik, ruling in the yirat Elohim. 1

2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) throughout kol Yehudah, and wrought that which was tov and yashar and emes before Hashem Elohav.

Psalms 72:2He shall judge Thy people with tzedek, 1 and Thy poor with mishpat. 1

Psalms 89:1(A maskil of Eitan the Ezrachi) 1

Psalms 96:13Before Hashem; for He cometh, 1 for He cometh to judge ha'aretz; 1 He shall judge tevel betzedek (world in righteousness), 1 and Amim with His emunah (truth).

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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