Verse 2

Isaiah 16:2

World English Bible

2 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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הָיָ֥ה כְ/עוֹף נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֨ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְ/אַרְנֽוֹן

English Translation

And it will be like a wandering bird, a fluttering nest; the daughters of Moab will be at the crossings of Arnon.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daught... Focus ↗

2 For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the...

3 Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the... Focus ↗

4 Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroye... Focus ↗

5 A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David,... Focus ↗

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his... Focus ↗

7 Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Ha... Focus ↗

8 For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken dow... Focus ↗

9 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tea... Focus ↗

10 Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no sin... Focus ↗

11 Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres. Focus ↗

12 It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and comes... Focus ↗

13 This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past. Focus ↗

14 But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count th... Focus ↗

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