>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/16?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07b10::c07b10) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/isaiah/16.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Isaiah/16.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/isa/16/1/ss1/) | [Isaiah Explained](https://www.isaiahexplained.com/chapter/16) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Isaiah speaks to the people of Moab, urging them to show mercy and justice, while prophesying about their coming downfall due to pride and disobedience. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>The people of Moab are sad and in trouble, and God tells them they need to change and be nice to others. He says things will get better when they do. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>God tells the people of Moab to send gifts and protect those who are in trouble. Despite their pride and sadness, He calls for kindness and righteousness. God warns that Moab’s glory will soon fade, and only a small, weak group will remain. > >#Gospel/Repentance #Gospel/Justice #Gospel/Humility ###### 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. ###### 12 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 13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. ###### 14 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.