Isaiah 16:1

Isaiah 16:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
• New International Version (NIV)Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of Daughter Zion.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Context of Isaiah 16:1

Send lambs to the ruler of the land. Send lambs from Sela through the desert to my people at Mount Zion. 2Moab’s daughters are like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River. 3Give us advice. Make a decision. At high noon make your shadow as dark as night. Hide the fugitives. Don’t betray the refugees.

Isaiah 16:1 word by word

שִׁלְחוּ־כַ֥ר מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־הַ֖ר בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• ye the lambכַּרkar · ramH3733
• to the rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• from Selaסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · SelaH5554
• to the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• unto the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726

Cross-references for Isaiah 16:1

• 2 Samuel 8:2He also defeated Moab, made the Moabites lie down on the ground, and measured them with a rope. He measured two lengths which were to be killed, and one length which was to be spared. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and paid taxes ⌞to him⌟.
• 2 Kings 3:4King Mesha of Moab raised sheep. ⌞Each year⌟ he had to pay the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams.
• Ezra 7:17You must use this money to buy bulls, rams, lambs, grain, and wine to offer on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 14:7Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomites in the Dead Sea region and took the city of Sela in battle. He gave it the name Joktheel, which is still its name today.
• Isaiah 10:32This day they stopped at Nob. They shake their fist at the mountain of my people Zion, at the mountain of Jerusalem.
• Micah 4:8You, Jerusalem, watchtower of the flock, stronghold of the people of Zion, your former government will come back to you. The kingdom will return to the people of Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Isaiah 16:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Send ye the lamb, etc. "I will send forth the son, etc." - Both the reading and meaning of this verse are still more doubtful than those of the preceding. The Septuagint and Syriac read אשלח eshlach, I will send, in the first person singular, future tense: the Vulgate and Talmud Babylon, read שלח shelach, send, singular imperative: some read שלחו shilchu, send ye forth, or shalechu, they send forth. The Syriac, for כר car, a lamb, reads בר bar, a son…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Send ye the lamb - Lowth renders this, I will send forth the son from the ruler of the land;‘ meaning, as he supposes, that under the Assyrian invasion, even the young prince of Moab would be obliged to flee for his life through the desert, that he might escape to Judea; and “that” thus God says that “he” would send him. The only authority for this, however, is, that the Septuagint reads the word send‘ in the future tense ( ̓͂ apostelō ) instead of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Moab is exhorted to yield obedience. (Is. 16:1-5) The pride and the judgments of Moab. (Is. 16:6-14) Verses 1-5 God tells sinners what they may do to prevent ruin; so he does to Moab. Let them send the tribute they formerly engaged to pay to Judah. Take it as good advice. Break off thy sins by righteousness, it may lengthen thy quiet. And this may be applied to the great gospel duty of submission to Christ. Send him the lamb, the best you have, yourselves…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Moab was famous for its sheep (see 2 Kings 3:4). The Moabites sent lambs as tribute to Judah, acknowledging Judah's control over Moab. Sela (the cliff), a mysterious and distant location, was likely where the Moabites fled through the desert.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. lamb--advice of the prophet to the Moabites who had fled southwards to Idumea, to send to the king of Judah the tribute of lambs, which they had formerly paid to Israel, but which they had given up (2Ki 3:4, 5). David probably imposed this tribute before the severance of Judah and Israel (2Sa 8:2). Therefore Moab is recommended to gain the favor and protection of Judah, by paying it to the Jewish king. Type of the need of submitting to Messiah (Psa…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings