Isaiah 16:14
But now, hath Yahweh spoken saying, In three years,—as the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be diminished, with all the great multitude,—even a very small remnant, of no account.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13This, is the word which Yahweh spake concerning Moab in, time past;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:8but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,—and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.
Job 7:1Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
Isaiah 15:5Mine own heart, for Moab continueth to make outcry, Her fugitive, as far as Zoar, is like a heifer of three years; For the accent of Luhith, with weeping, they ascend, For by the way of Horonaim—an outcry of destruction, they excite;
Isaiah 21:16For, thus, hath My Lord said unto me,—Within a year according to the yearn of a hireling, shall fail all the glory of Kedar;
Isaiah 25:10For the hand of Yahweh will settle down in this mountain,—Then shall Moab be trodden down in its place, Like the treading down of a strawheap in the water of a dunghill;
Jeremiah 48:42Then shall, Moab, be destroyed from being a people,—Because against Yahweh, hath he magnified himself.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:7-14
The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 6 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. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto… Read the whole commentary →