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Isaiah 16:2

MoabArnonMoab

1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.

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.

4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

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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.

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BSB
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
KJV
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.
WEB
For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
ASV
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
DARBY
And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
BLB
And it will come to pass [that], like a fluttering bird [or] a nestling cast out, [so] shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
ÅB
Som flagrende fugler, lik unger som er jaget bort fra redet, skal Moabs døtre være ved Arnons ferjesteder.
OTB
Som fugler som flakser, kastet fra redet, slik er Moabs døtre ved Arnons vadesteder.
B1930
Som flagrende fugler, lik unger som er jaget bort fra redet, skal Moabs døtre være ved Arnons ferjesteder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 27:8

    Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

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  • Judges 11:18

    Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:8

    At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

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  • Isaiah 13:14

    Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

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  • Jeremiah 48:20

    Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

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  • Numbers 21:13–15

    From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.

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  • Joshua 13:16

    The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

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  • Deuteronomy 2:36

    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

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