Verse 6

Isaiah 16:6

Bible in Basic English

6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

Original Language Text

hebrew

שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָת֧/וֹ וּ/גְאוֹנ֛/וֹ וְ/עֶבְרָת֖/וֹ לֹא כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽי/ו

English Translation

We have heard of the pride of Moab, very proud is his arrogance and his pride and his wrath; his boastings are not so.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. Focus ↗

2 For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have... Focus ↗

3 Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who a... Focus ↗

4 Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from hi... Focus ↗

5 Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for eve... Focus ↗

6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: hi...

7 For this cause everyone in Moab will give cries of grief for Moab: crushed to the earth, they will b... Focus ↗

8 For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome... Focus ↗

9 For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are drop... Focus ↗

10 And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there ar... Focus ↗

11 For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres. Focus ↗

12 And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no e... Focus ↗

13 This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past. Focus ↗

14 But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of... Focus ↗

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