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Isaiah 16:14

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.”

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ASV

But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe saysH1696 →
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֵאמֹר֒le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בְּשָׁלֹ֤שׁbe.sha.Loshin threeH7969 →
שָׁנִים֙sha.NimyearsH8141 →
כִּשְׁנֵ֣יkish.Neilike [the] years ofH8141 →
שָׂכִ֔ירsa.Khira hired laborerH7916 →
וְנִקְלָה֙ve.nik.Lahand it will be lightly esteemedH7034 →
כְּב֣וֹדke.Vod[the] honor ofH3519 →
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124 →
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholfor allH3605 →
הֶהָמ֣וֹןhe.ha.Monthe multitudeH1995 →
הָרָ֑בha.Rav<the> greatH7227 →
וּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'Arand a remnantH7605 →
מְעַ֛טme.'AtlittleH4592 →
מִזְעָ֖רmiz.'ArsmallnessH4213 →
ל֥וֹאLo'notH3808 →
כַבִּֽיר׃ סkha.Bir[will be] mightyH3524 →

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Isaiah 25:11He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.Leviticus 25:50He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.Jeremiah 48:46–47Woe 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.Jeremiah 48:42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.Isaiah 21:16For 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 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.Genesis 31:1Now 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.”Isaiah 15:5My 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.Deuteronomy 15:8Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.Jeremiah 9:23This 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 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 17:4“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,Esther 5:11Haman 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.Isaiah 7:16For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.Deuteronomy 15:18Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.Isaiah 17:3The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Hosea 10:15Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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