1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David
6 Moab is threatened for her pride
9 The prophet bewails her
12 The judgment of Moab

the lamb 2Sa 8:2 2Ki 3:4 Ezr 7:17

from 2Ki 14:7

Sela. or, Petra. Heb. a rock
the mount Isa 10:32 Mic 4:8

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.

as Isa 13:14 Pr 27:8

cast out of the nest. or, a nest forsaken
the fords Nu 21:13-15 De 2:36 3:8,12 Jos 13:16 Jud 11:18

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.

take. Heb. bring
execute Isa 1:17 Ps 82:3,4 Jer 21:12 22:3 Eze 45:9-12 Da 4:27 Zec 7:9

make Isa 9:6 25:4 32:2 Jud 9:15 Jon 4:5-8

hide Isa 56:8 Ob 1:12-14 Mt 25:35 Heb 13:2

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.

mine De 23:15,16 24:14 Jer 21:12

for Isa 14:4 33:1 51:13 Jer 48:8,18 Zec 9:8

extortioner. Heb. wringer
oppressors. Heb. treaders down Isa 15:6 25:10 Zec 10:5 Mal 4:3 Lu 21:24 Ro 16:20 Re 11:2

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.

in mercy Ps 61:6,7 85:10 89:1,2,14 Pr 20:28 29:14 Lu 1:69-75

established. or, prepared
in the Isa 9:6,7 2Sa 5:9 7:16 Jer 23:5,6 Da 7:14,27 Am 9:11 Mic 4:7 Lu 1:31-33 Ac 15:16,17

judging Isa 11:1-5 32:1,2 2Sa 23:3 1Ki 10:9 2Ch 31:20 Ps 72:2-4 96:13 98:9 99:4 Zec 9:9 Heb 1:8,9

hasting 2Pe 3:11,12

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.

have Isa 2:11 Jer 48:26,29,30,42 Am 2:1 Ob 1:3,4 Zep 2:9,10 1Pe 5:5

but Isa 28:15,18 44:25 Jer 50:36

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

shall Moab Isa 15:2-5 Jer 48:20

Kirhareseth Isa 16:11 15:1 2Ki 3:25

mourn. or, mutter Isa 8:19

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.

the fields Isa 15:4 24:7 2Sa 1:21

the vine Isa 16:9 Nu 32:38

Shibmah Jos 13:19

the lords Isa 10:7 Jer 27:6,7

Jazer Nu 32:3 Jos 13:25

stretched out. or, plucked up

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.

I will bewail Isa 15:5 Jer 48:32-34

O Heshbon Isa 15:4

for Isa 9:3 Jud 9:27 Jer 40:10,12

the shouting for, or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc.

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.

Isa 24:8,9 32:10 Jer 48:33 Am 5:11,17 Hab 3:17,18 Zep 1:13

11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

my Isa 15:5 63:15 Jer 4:19 31:20 48:36 Ho 11:8 Php 2:1

Kir-haresh Isa 16:7

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.

when Isa 15:2 26:16 Nu 22:39,41 23:1-3,14,28 24:17 Pr 1:28 Jer 48:35

he shall Isa 37:38 1Ki 11:7 2Ki 3:27 Jer 48:7,13,46

but Isa 47:13 2Ki 19:12,16-19 Ps 115:3-7 Jer 10:5

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

since Isa 44:8

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.

three Isa 7:16 15:5 21:16 De 15:8

the glory Isa 17:4 23:9 Ge 31:1 Es 5:11 Jer 9:23 Na 2:9,10

and the remnant Jer 48:46,47

feeble. or, not many