## Isaiah Chapter 16

###### Isaiah 16:1
[Isaiah 16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:1)

שִׁלְחוּ־כַ֥ר מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־הַ֖ר בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Żiyyon.


###### Isaiah 16:2
[Isaiah 16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:2)

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird, as a scattered nest, the daughters of Mo᾽av shall be at the fords of Arnon.


###### Isaiah 16:3
[Isaiah 16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:3)

(הביאו) [הָבִ֤יאִי] עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ צׇהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the wanderer.


###### Isaiah 16:4
[Isaiah 16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:4)

יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let my outcasts, the outcasts of Mo᾽av, dwell with thee; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.


###### Isaiah 16:5
[Isaiah 16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:5)

וְהוּכַ֤ן בַּחֶ֙סֶד֙ כִּסֵּ֔א וְיָשַׁ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּאֹ֣הֶל דָּוִ֑ד שֹׁפֵ֛ט וְדֹרֵ֥שׁ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּמְהִ֥ר צֶֽדֶק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And in mercy a throne was established: and he sat upon it in truthfulness in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and quick to do righteousness.


###### Isaiah 16:6
[Isaiah 16:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:6)

שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן־מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ לֹא־כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We have heard of the pride of Mo᾽av; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: false are his pratings.


###### Isaiah 16:7
[Isaiah 16:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:7)

לָכֵ֗ן יְיֵלִ֥יל מוֹאָ֛ב לְמוֹאָ֖ב כֻּלֹּ֣ה יְיֵלִ֑יל לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת תֶּהְגּ֖וּ אַךְ־נְכָאִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore shall Mo᾽av howl for Mo᾽av, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Qir-ĥareset shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.


###### Isaiah 16:8
[Isaiah 16:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:8)

כִּ֣י שַׁדְמוֹת֩ חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן אֻמְלָ֜ל גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ הָלְמ֣וּ שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ עַד־יַעְזֵ֥ר נָגָ֖עוּ תָּ֣עוּ מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the fields of Ḥeshbon languish, and the vine of Sivma: have broken down its choice branches, they reached to Ya῾zer, they wandered into the wilderness: her offshoots were stretched out, they went over the sea.


###### Isaiah 16:9
[Isaiah 16:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:9)

עַל־כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּבְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֔ה אֲרַיָּ֙וֶךְ֙ דִּמְעָתִ֔י חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וְאֶלְעָלֵ֑ה כִּ֧י עַל־קֵיצֵ֛ךְ וְעַל־קְצִירֵ֖ךְ הֵידָ֥ד נָפָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Ya῾zer the vine of Sivma: I will water thee with my tears, O Ḥeshbon, and ᾽El῾ale: for on thy summer fruits and on thy harvest the battle cry has fallen.


###### Isaiah 16:10
[Isaiah 16:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:10)

וְנֶאֱסַ֨ף שִׂמְחָ֤ה וָגִיל֙ מִן־הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל וּבַכְּרָמִ֥ים לֹֽא־יְרֻנָּ֖ן לֹ֣א יְרֹעָ֑ע יַ֗יִן בַּיְקָבִ֛ים לֹא־יִדְרֹ֥ךְ הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ הֵידָ֥ד הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 shouting at the vintage to cease.


###### Isaiah 16:11
[Isaiah 16:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:11)

עַל־כֵּן֙ מֵעַ֣י לְמוֹאָ֔ב כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר יֶהֱמ֑וּ וְקִרְבִּ֖י לְקִ֥יר חָֽרֶשׂ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wherefore my heart shall moan like a lyre for Mo᾽av, and my inward parts for Qir-ĥeres.


###### Isaiah 16:12
[Isaiah 16:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:12)

וְהָיָ֧ה כִֽי־נִרְאָ֛ה כִּֽי־נִלְאָ֥ה מוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַבָּמָ֑ה וּבָ֧א אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁ֛וֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יוּכָֽל׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Mo᾽av is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.


###### Isaiah 16:13
[Isaiah 16:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:13)

זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־מוֹאָ֖ב מֵאָֽז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning Mo᾽av long ago.


###### Isaiah 16:14
[Isaiah 16:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/16:14)

וְעַתָּ֗ה דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בְּשָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְנִקְלָה֙ כְּב֣וֹד מוֹאָ֔ב בְּכֹ֖ל הֶהָמ֣וֹן הָרָ֑ב וּשְׁאָ֥ר מְעַ֛ט מִזְעָ֖ר ל֥וֹא כַבִּֽיר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But now the Lord has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Mo᾽av shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and powerless.