{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:07:07.828Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":16,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Send you the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow as the night in the middle of the noonday; hide the outcasts; denude not him that wanders."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Let my outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be you a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortionist is at an end, the spoiler ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit on it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hastening righteousness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even to Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water you with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for your summer fruits and for your harvest is fallen."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 16 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 16](https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/16 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}