Isaiah 16
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2For 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.
3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4Let 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.
5And 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.
6We 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.
7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
8For 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.
9Therefore 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.
10And 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.
11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12And 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.
13This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14But 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מוֹאָבMôwʼâbH41249× in this chapter
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֵּןkênH36514× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- קִיר חֶרֶשׂQîyr CheresH70254× in this chapter
Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- בַּתbathH13232× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- גָּאוֹןgâʼôwnH13472× in this chapter
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16122× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דָּרַךְdârakH18692× in this chapter
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- הֵידָדhêydâdH19592× in this chapter
acclamation
- חֶשְׁבּוֹןCheshbôwnH28092× in this chapter
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יָלַלyâlalH32132× in this chapter
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
- יַעֲזֵירYaʻăzêyrH32702× in this chapter
Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the Jordan
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מִדְבָּרmidbârH40572× in this chapter
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- נָדַדnâdadH50742× in this chapter
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
- נָדַחnâdachH50802× in this chapter
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
- שְׂבָםSᵉbâmH76432× in this chapter
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79712× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81412× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9352× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּכָהbâkâhH10581× in this chapter
to weep; generally to bemoan
- בְּכִיBᵉkîyH10651× in this chapter
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
- בָּמָהbâmâhH11161× in this chapter
an elevation
- בַּעַלbaʻalH11671× in this chapter
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
- גֵּאgêʼH13411× in this chapter
haughty
- גַּאֲוָהgaʼăvâhH13461× in this chapter
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
- גּוֹיgôwyH14711× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- גּוּרgûwrH14811× in this chapter
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
- גִּילgîylH15241× in this chapter
a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
- גָּלָהgâlâhH15401× in this chapter
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1681× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- דָּבָרdâbârH16971× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause