{"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/kjv/isaiah/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T21:49:30.269Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":16,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For it shall be, <i>that</i>, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, <i>so</i> the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"We have heard of the pride of Moab; <i>he is</i> very proud: <i>even</i> of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: <i>but</i> his lies <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> so."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely <i>they are</i> stricken."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For the fields of Heshbon languish, <i>and</i> the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come <i>even</i> unto Jazer, they wandered <i>through</i> the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy 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 <i>their</i> presses; I have made <i>their vintage</i> shouting to cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine 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 <i>is</i> the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But now the LORD hath 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 <i>shall be</i> very small <i>and</i> feeble."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 16 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 16](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/16 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}