Isaiah 16:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 16:4

Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

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ASV

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 3,4) This is a plan, gather a council: place your shadow as if it were night in the middle of the day, hide those who are fleeing, and do not disclose the wanderers. My outcasts will dwell with you: Moab, be their hiding place from the face of the destroyer, for the dust is at an end, the wretched one is consumed, the one who trampled on the earth has ceased. Instead of 'wretched' in Hebrew, 'Sod' is read, which can also be understood as 'destroyer'.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab “Let the outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee, O Zion” - Setting the points aside, this is by much the most obvious construction of the Hebrew, as well as most agreeable to the context, and the design of the prophet. And it is confirmed by the Septuagint οἱ φυγαδες Μωαβ, and Syriac. The oppressors “The oppressor” - Perhaps the Israelites, who in the time of Ahab invaded Judah, defeated his army, slaying one hundred and twenty thousand men, and brought the kingdom to the brink of destruction.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Rather, "Let the outcasts of Moab dwell with thee" (Judah) [HORSLEY]. for the extortioner, &c.--The Assyrian oppressor probably. is at an end--By the time that Moab begs Judah for shelter, Judah shall be in a condition to afford it, for the Assyrian oppressor shall have been "consumed out of the land."

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָג֤וּרוּ	ya.Gu.ru	let them sojourn	H1481 →
בָךְ֙	voKh	among you
נִדָּחַ֔י	ni.da.Chai	outcasts my	H5080 →
מוֹאָ֛ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
הֱוִי־	he.vi-	be	H1933 →
סֵ֥תֶר	Se.ter	a shelter	H5643 →
לָ֖מוֹ	la.mo	of them
מִפְּנֵ֣י	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
שׁוֹדֵ֑ד	sho.Ded	[the] destroyer	H7703 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
אָפֵ֤ס	'a.Fes	he will come to an end	H656 →
הַמֵּץ֙	ha.Metz	the oppressor	H4160 →
כָּ֣לָה	Ka.lah	it will cease	H3615 →
שֹׁ֔ד	Shod	devastation	H7701 →
תַּ֥מּוּ	Ta.mu	they will be finished	H8552 →
רֹמֵ֖ס	ro.Mes	[the] trampler	H7429 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 24:14
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
leads to
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 22:16
  Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Through
Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
leads to
- Isaiah 14:25
  I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Jeremiah 30:8
  On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- Isaiah 10:26–27
  And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- Nahum 1:13
  For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Isaiah 54:14
  In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.

About Isaiah

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