--- title: "Isaiah 16 - Study King James Bible with the biblical illustrator" description: "Read Isaiah 16 with the biblical illustrator commentary. 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 For it shall be, that, as a wandering b" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/the-biblical-illustrator/isaiah/16" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/16)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/16)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/16) Audio 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 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 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 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 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 ¶ 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 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely *they are* stricken.* 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 ¶ 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 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 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. 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 This *is* the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 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.* [Isaiah 15](/study/isaiah/15) [Isaiah 17](/study/isaiah/17) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Isaiah 16:1](/kjv/isaiah/16/1) *Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land* **A message to Moab** The fugitives are supposed to have found a temporary home in Edom. The verse may be spoken by the prophet, or (as Prof. Cheyne suggests) it may proceed from the Moabite chiefs themselves, exhorting one another to take this step. (*Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.*) **Tribute demanded of Moab** A very terrible humiliation had already been inflicted on Moab in the reign of Jehoram, King of Israel ([2 Kings 3:4](/kjv/2-kings/3/4); [2 Kings 3:25](/kjv/2-kings/3/25)). During Ahab’s reign, Moab had been compelled to pay a very heavy annual tribute, even 100,000 lambs and 100,000 rams. Refusal to pay led to war from time to time; war resulting, however, invariably in the defeat of the Moabites. In such circumstances the prophet urges upon Moab the wisdom of paying this tribute without trouble or demur. (*Buchanan Blake, B. D.*) **Gospel submission** It is applicable to the great Gospel duty of submission to Christ, as the Ruler of the land and our Ruler. **1.**Send Him the lamb, the best you have, yourselves a living sacrifice. **2.**When you come to God, the great Ruler, come in the name of the Lamb, the Lamb of God. **3.**Those that will not submit to Christ, nor be gathered unto the shadow of His wings, shall be as a bird that wanders from her nest ([Isaiah 16:2](/kjv/isaiah/16/2)), that shall either be snatched up by the next bird of prey, or shall wander endlessly in continual frights. Those that will not yield to the fear of God shall be made to yield to the fear of everything else*.*(*M. 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