Isaiah 16:14
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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.And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
In other translations
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.And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand nowH6258דִּבֶּרdiberhe saysH1696יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559בְּשָׁלֹשׁbeshaloshin threeH7969שָׁנִיםshanimyearsH8141כִּשְׁנֵיkishneilike [the] years ofH8141שָׂכִירsakhira hired laborerH7916וְנִקְלָהveniklahand it will be lightly esteemedH7034כְּבוֹדkevod[the] honor ofH3519מוֹאָבmo'avMoabH4124בְּכֹלbekholfor allH3605הֶהָמוֹןhehamonthe multitudeH1995הָרָבharav<the> greatH7227וּשְׁאָרushe'arand a remnantH7605מְעַטme'atlittleH4592מִזְעָרmiz'arsmallnessH4213לוֹאlo'notH3808כַבִּיר׃ סkhabir[will be] mightyH3524
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Related verses
- Isaiah 21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
- Jeremiah 48:46-4746 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity. 47 Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Jeremiah 48:42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
- Esther 5:11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
- Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Isaiah 25:10For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
- Isaiah 17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
- Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Genesis 31:1And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
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Places: Moab