Isaiah 16

Isaiah 16 in full

King James Version, 14 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Isa 16:1

   Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2. Isa 16:2

   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.

3. Isa 16:3

   Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

4. Isa 16:4

   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.

5. Isa 16:5

   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.

6. Isa 16:6

   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.

7. Isa 16:7

   Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

8. Isa 16:8

   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 unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

9. Isa 16:9

   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.

10. Isa 16:10

    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.

11. Isa 16:11

    Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.

12. Isa 16:12

    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.

13. Isa 16:13

    This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

14. Isa 16:14

    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 shall be very small and feeble.

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Isaiah 16 is part of Isaiah, book 23 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 66 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.