Isaiah 16:3

“Give instruction, execute justice; provide some shade like night in the middle of the day; 1 hide the fugitives; do not betray the fugitives. 1

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In The King James Version

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

In Context

2As wandering birds, as a scattered nest, 1 so the women of Moab are at the fords of the Arnon River. 1

4Let them live among you, the refugees from Moab; 1 be a hiding place for them from the destroyer.” 1 For the oppression will stop, and destruction will cease, 1 those who trample will disappear from the land. 1

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Cross References

Judges 9:15The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to anoint me as king over you, then come and find safety under my shade. If not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and let it burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'

Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless; 1 maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute. 1

Isaiah 9:6For to us a child has been born, to us a son has been given; 1 and the rule will be on his shoulder; 1 and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, 1 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 1 Prince of Peace. 1

Isaiah 32:2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, 1 like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a land of weariness. 1

Jeremiah 21:12House of David, Yahweh says, 'Bring about justice in the morning. 1 Rescue the one who has been robbed by the hand of the oppressor, 1 or my fury will go out like fire and burn, 1 and there is no one who can quench it, because of your evil deeds. 1

Ezekiel 45:9The Lord Yahweh says this: It is enough for you, princes of Israel! Remove violence and strife; do justice and righteousness! Quit your evictions of my people!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

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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