Verse 2

Isaiah 16:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of 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 ye a lamb [to] the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daugh... Focus ↗

2 And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of...

3 Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the... Focus ↗

4 Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroy... Focus ↗

5 And established in kindness is the throne, And [one] hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David,... Focus ↗

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not r... Focus ↗

7 Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it medit... Focus ↗

8 Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines,... Focus ↗

9 Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer, The vine of Sibmah, I water thee [with] my tear, O Heshb... Focus ↗

10 And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor... Focus ↗

11 Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh. Focus ↗

12 And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And h... Focus ↗

13 This [is] the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time, Focus ↗

14 And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, 'In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is t... Focus ↗

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