Isaiah 16:6

We 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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We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

In Context

5A 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

7So Moab wails for Moab—they all wail! Mourn, you who are utterly destroyed, for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 15:1A declaration about Moab. 1 Indeed, in one night Ar of Moab is laid waste and destroyed; 1 indeed, in one night Kir of Moab is laid waste and destroyed. 1

Isaiah 28:15This will happen because you said, “We have made a covenant with death, 1 and with Sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overwhelming whip passes through, it will not reach us. 1 For we have made a lie our refuge, and taken shelter in falsehood.” 1

Isaiah 44:25I who frustrate the omens of the empty talkers and who disgrace those who read omens; 1 I who overturn the wisdom of the wise and make their advice foolish. 1

Jeremiah 48:26Make him drunk, because he acted proudly against Yahweh. Let Moab wallow in his vomit, and let him be an object of ridicule.

Jeremiah 48:42So Moab will be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he made himself to be great against Yahweh. 1

Amos 2:1This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Moab, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because he burned the bones 1 of the king of Edom to lime. 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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