Isaiah 16:1
Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
- KJV
- Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- WEB
- Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- ASV
- Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- DARBY
- Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- BLB
- Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela [in] the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- ÅB
- Send landsherren de lam han skal ha, fra Sela gjennom ørkenen til Sions datters berg!
- OTB
- Send lam som hyllest til landets hersker, fra Sela, gjennom ørkenen, til fjellet til Sions datter.
- B1930
- Send landsherren de lam han skal ha, fra Sela gjennem ørkenen til Sions datters berg!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 10:32
Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Kings 3:4
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
Read in context2 Kings 14:7
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Read in contextEzra 7:17
With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:11
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
Read in contextMicah 4:8
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
Read in context