Isaiah 16
1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
to send: depart ram to rule land: country/planet from Sela wilderness [to] to(wards) mountain: mount daughter Zion
2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
and to be like/as bird to wander nest to send: depart to be daughter Moab ford to/for 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.
(to come (in): bring *Q(K)*) counsel to make: offer judge to set: make like/as night shadow your in/on/with midst midday to hide to banish to wander not to reveal: reveal
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,
to sojourn in/on/with you to banish me Moab to be secrecy to/for them from face: before to ruin for to end [the] extortioner to end: finish violence to finish to trample from [the] land: country/planet
5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
and to establish: establish in/on/with kindness throne and to dwell upon him in/on/with truth: faithful in/on/with tent David to judge and to seek justice and quick righteousness
6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
to hear: hear pride Moab proud much pride his and pride his and fury his not right bluster his
7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
to/for so to wail Moab to/for Moab all his to wail to/for raisin bun Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth to mutter surely stricken
8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
for field Heshbon to weaken vine Sibmah master nation to smite tendril her till Jazer to touch to go astray wilderness shoot her to leave to pass sea
9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
upon so to weep in/on/with weeping Jazer vine Sibmah to quench you tears my Heshbon and Elealeh for upon summer your and upon harvest your shout to fall: fall
10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
and to gather joy and rejoicing from [the] plantation and in/on/with vineyard not to sing not to shout wine in/on/with wine not to tread [the] to tread shout to cease
11 Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
upon so belly my to/for Moab like/as lyre to roar and entrails: inner parts my to/for Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth
12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
and to be for to see: see for be weary Moab upon [the] high place and to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary his to/for to pray and not be able
13 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
this [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moab from the past
14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
and now to speak: speak LORD to/for to say in/on/with three year like/as year hired and to dishonor glory Moab in/on/with all [the] crowd [the] many and remnant little little not mighty
