Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 16:6-14

6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.7Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.8For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.1

9So I weep with Jazerfor the vines of Sibmah;I drench Heshbon and Elealehwith my tears.Triumphant shouts have fallen silentover your summer fruit and your harvest.10Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard;no one sings or shouts in the vineyards.No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses;I have put an end to the cheering.11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp,my inmost being for Kir-heres.212When Moab appears on the high place,when he wearies himselfand enters his sanctuary to pray,it will do him no good.

13This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab. 14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

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Notes

1. Isaiah 16:8 Or and had gone as far as the sea; that is, probably the Dead Sea ↩
2. Isaiah 16:11 Kir-heres is a variant of Kir-hareseth; see verse 7. ↩

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