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

2For like fluttering birds, scattered from a nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon. 3‘Give counsel, execute justice. Cast your shadow like night at noonday. Hide the refugees, do not betray the fugitive. Let My refugees stay with you. Be for Moab a hiding place from the face of the destroyer. For the extortion is at an end, devastation ceases, oppressors are gone from the land. 5A throne will be established in mercy, and One will sit on it in truth —in the tent of David— One who seeks justice and is ready for righteousness. 6We have heard of the pride of Moab— very proud is he—of his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his dishonest boasting.

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 23:15For Adonai your God walks in the midst of your camp, to rescue you and to give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp must be holy, so that He does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.
• Deuteronomy 24:14“You are not to oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is from your brothers or the outsiders in your land within your town gates.
• Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus says Adonai: “Render justice by morning, and rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Otherwise My fury will go forth like fire and burn so none can extinguish it, because of their evil deeds.”
• Isaiah 14:4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon and say: “How the taskmaster has ceased! The raging oppressor, exacter of gold, has ceased!
• Isaiah 33:1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.
• Isaiah 51:13But you forgot Adonai your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Are you in constant dread all day because of the fury of the oppressor as he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will come to every town. No town will escape. The valley will perish and the plain will be destroyed, as Adonai has said.
• Zechariah 9:8But I will camp around My House against marauding forces. No oppressor will overrun them again— for now I watch with My own eyes.
• Isaiah 15:6The waters of Nimrim are desolate. The grass is withered away, the new grass withers, there is nothing green.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of Adonai will rest on this mountain. Moab will be trampled under Him, as straw is trampled in a manure pile.
• Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men treading down muddy streets in war. They will fight, because Adonai is with them and will put horsemen to shame.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Romans 16:20Now the God of shalom will soon crush satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the court outside the Temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample 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