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Isaiah 16:2

MoabArnonMoab

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

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 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray 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 extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of 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)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 27:8

    As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

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  • Judges 11:18

    Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:8

    And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

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  • Isaiah 13:14

    And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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  • Jeremiah 48:20

    Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

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  • Numbers 21:13–15

    From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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  • Joshua 13:16

    And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

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  • Deuteronomy 2:36

    From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

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