Isaiah 16:4

Isaiah 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
• New International Version (NIV)Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer.” The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a shelter to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Context of Isaiah 16:4

2At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest. 3“Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape! Please let the Moabite fugitives live among you. Hide them from the destroyer!” Certainly the one who applies pressure will cease, the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear from the earth. 5Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David’s family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice. 6We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

Isaiah 16:4 word by word

יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let mine outcastsנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• dwellגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• with thee, Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• beהָוָהhâvâ' hâvâh · to beH1933
• thou a covertסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• to them from the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• for the extortionerמֵץmûts · extortionerH4160
• is at an endאָפֵס'âphês · to endH656
• the spoilerשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• ceasethכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• the oppressorsרָמַסrâmas · to trampleH7429
• are consumedתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 16:4

• Deuteronomy 23:15You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.
• Deuteronomy 24:14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
• Jeremiah 21:12O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: ‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.
• Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!
• Isaiah 33:1The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!
• Isaiah 51:13Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
• Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the Lord, have spoken!
• Zechariah 9:8Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.
• Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.
• Isaiah 25:10For the Lord’s power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.
• Zechariah 10:5And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.
• Malachi 4:3You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord who rules over all.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.

Commentaries on Isaiah 16:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab "Let the outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee, O Zion" - Setting the points aside, this is by much the most obvious construction of the Hebrew, as well as most agreeable to the context, and the design of the prophet. And it is confirmed by the Septuagint ̔ , and Syriac. The oppressors "The oppressor" - Perhaps the Israelites, who in the time of Ahab invaded Judah, defeated his army, slaying one hundred and twenty…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Let mine outcasts - This may be understood as the language of Judea, or of God. Mine outcasts‘ may mean the exiles of Judea, or God may call them “his.” The sense is essentially the same. It denotes those who were fugitives, wanderers, exiles from the land of Judea, and who took refuge in the land of Moab; and God claims for them protection. Dwell with thee - Not dwell permanently, but sojourn (יגוּרוּ yāgûrû ), let them remain with you as exiles; or let…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5This prophecy of salvation spoke about the future of David’s royal line. It promised hope for the dynasty of David. Acts of oppression and destruction would come to an end. This would happen when the hostility of Moab stopped (see 2 Kings 13:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. Gesenius, Maurer, &c., regard these verses as an address of the fugitive Moabites to the Jews for protection; they translate Is 16:4, "Let mine outcasts of Moab dwell with thee, Judah"; the protection will be refused by the Jews, for the pride of Moab (Is 16:6). Vitringa makes it an additional advice to Moab, besides paying tribute. Give shelter to the Jewish outcasts who take refuge in thy land (Is 16:3, 4); so "mercy" will be shown thee in turn by…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 16:4

• Extortion
• Poor

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Grind
• Outcast
• Treader
• Arnon
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Covert
• Esther, the Rest of

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