Isaiah 16:2

Translations

Modern

Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

Traditional

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.

Literal

And it will come to pass that, like a fluttering bird or a nestling cast out, so shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Latin

Et erit: sicut avis fugiens, et pulli de nido avolantes, sic erunt filiæ Moab in transcensu Arnon.

Original

Hebrew

English

Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

Notes

Isaiah 16:1–4

Moab is making a request to Judah for asylum (protection in another country).

Isaiah 15:1–16:14

This message of judgment and sorrow was about Moab's fall. The many references to Moabite places show that Isaiah knew Moab well.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Judges 11:18
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
Isaiah 13:14
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
Numbers 21:13–15
From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
Deuteronomy 3:12
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Joshua 13:16
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
Deuteronomy 3:8
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

Parallels

Zephaniah 2:8–11

Places

Arnon: A river and valley, serving as a boundary for Israel Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of Kerioth Moab, Moabites

Topics

Arnon: Fords of Birds of Unsettled Person Birds: Figurative Moabites: Prophesies Respecting: Desolation and Grief Rivers: Many, Fordable in some Places

Isaiah 16:2

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