Isaiah 16
1 to send: depart ram to rule land: country/planet from Sela wilderness [to] to(wards) mountain: mount daughter Zion
Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela through the desert, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 and to be like/as bird to wander nest to send: depart to be daughter Moab ford to/for Arnon
The Moabite women at the fords of the Arnon are like birds fluttering around when their nest is destroyed.
3 (to come (in): bring *Qk) 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
Think about it and make a decision. Make your shadow as invisible at midday as during the night. Hide the refugees; don't betray them as they run away.
4 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
Let my refugees stay among you, Moab. Hide them from our enemies until the destroyer is no more, the destruction is over, and the aggressive invaders have gone.
5 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
Then a kingdom will be set up based on trustworthy love, and on its throne will sit a faithful king from the line of David. He will judge fairly, and will be passionately committed to doing what is right.
6 to hear: hear pride Moab proud much pride his and pride his and fury his not right bluster his
We know all about the pride of the Moabites, how terribly vain and conceited they are, completely arrogant! But their boasting is false.
7 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
All the Moabites grieve for Moab. They all mourn the loss of the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, all of them destroyed.
8 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
Heshbon's fields have dried up, as have Sibmah's grapevines. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the vines that once branched out to Jazer and east towards the desert, and west as far as the sea.
9 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
So I cry with Jazer for Sibmah's vines; I soak Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Nobody shouts in celebration over your summer fruit and your harvest any more.
10 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
Joy and happiness are gone. Nobody celebrates in the harvest fields or the vineyards; nobody shouts happily. Nobody treads grapes in the winepresses. I have stopped their cheering.
11 upon so belly my to/for Moab like/as lyre to roar and entrails: inner parts my to/for Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth
Heartbroken I cry for Moab like sad music on a harp; deep inside I weep for Kir-hareseth.
12 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
The Moabites go and wear themselves out worshiping at their high places. They go to their shrines to pray, but it does them no good.
13 this [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moab from the past
This is the message that the Lord has already delivered about Moab.
14 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
But now the Lord speaks again, and says, In three years, just as a contract worker precisely counts years, Moab's glory will turn into something to be laughed at. Despite there being so many Moabites now, soon there will only be a few feeble people left.
