Isaiah 16:5

A throne will be established in covenant faithfulness; and one from David's tent will faithfully sit there. 1 He will judge as he seeks justice and does righteousness. 1

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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 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

6We have heard of Moab's pride, his arrogance, 1 his boasting, and his anger. But his boastings are empty words. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. He fortified around it, from the terrace toward the inside.

2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke, 1 the Rock of Israel said to me, 1 'The one who rules righteously over men, 1 who rules in the fear of God. 1

2 Chronicles 31:20Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He accomplished what was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh, his God.

Psalms 72:2May he judge your people with righteousness 1 and your poor with justice. 1

Psalms 89:1I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever. 1 I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations. 1

Psalms 96:13before Yahweh, for he is coming. 1 He is coming to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the peoples with his faithfulness.

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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