Isaiah 16:1-5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bible Comments

The Conditions of Deliverance

Isaiah 16:1-5

1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Selaa to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

3 Takeb counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not him that wandereth.

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortionerc is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

5 And in mercy shall the throne be established:d and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.