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Geneva Bible

Isaiah 16:13

This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against Moab since that time.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Moab, Moabites;   Sela;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;   Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Arnon;   Isaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the message that the Lord previously announced about Moab.
Hebrew Names Version
This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Mo'av in time past.
King James Version
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
English Standard Version
This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
New American Standard Bible
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
New Century Version
Earlier the Lord said these things about Moab.
Amplified Bible
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab [when Moab's pride and resistance to God were first known].
World English Bible
This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
Legacy Standard Bible
This is the word which Yahweh spoke earlier concerning Moab.
Berean Standard Bible
This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord has already said all of this about Moab.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is the word Adonai spoke against Mo'av in the past.
Darby Translation
This is the word which Jehovah hath spoken from of old concerning Moab.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said these things about Moab many times.
George Lamsa Translation
This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Good News Translation
That is the message the Lord gave earlier about Moab.
Lexham English Bible
This was the word that Yahweh spoke to Moab in the past.
Literal Translation
This is the Word that Jehovah had spoken to Moab from that time.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the deuyce, which the LORDE toke in honde at that tyme agaynst Moab.
American Standard Version
This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.
Bible in Basic English
This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in time past.
King James Version (1611)
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So then this is the saying that the Lorde hath spoken concernyng Moab since that tyme.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This is the word which the Lord spoke against Moab, when he spoke.
English Revised Version
This is the word that the LORD spake concerning Moab in time past.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This is the word which the Lord spak to Moab fro that tyme.
Update Bible Version
This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
Webster's Bible Translation
This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
New English Translation
This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab.
New King James Version
This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time.
New Living Translation
The Lord has already said these things about Moab in the past.
New Life Bible
This is the word which the Lord spoke before about Moab.
New Revised Standard
This was the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, is the word which Yahweh spake concerning Moab in, time past;
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time:
Revised Standard Version
This is the word which the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past.
Young's Literal Translation
This [is] the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time,
THE MESSAGE
This is God 's earlier Message on Moab. God 's updated Message is, "In three years, no longer than the term of an enlisted soldier, Moab's impressive presence will be gone, that splendid hot-air balloon will be punctured, and instead of a vigorous population, just a few shuffling bums cadging handouts."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.

Contextual Overview

6 We haue heard of the pride of Moab, (he is very proud) euen his pride, and his arrogancie, and his indignation, but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howle vnto Moab: euery one shal howle: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shal ye mourne, yet they shalbe striken. 8 For ye vineyards of Heshbon are cut downe, and the vine of Sibmah: the lordes of the heathen haue broken the principal vines thereof: they are come vnto Iaazer: they wandred in the wildernesse: her goodly branches stretched out them selues, and went ouer the sea. 9 Therefore will I weepe with the weeping of Iaazer, & of the vine of Sibmah, O Heshbon: and Elealeh, I will make thee drunke with my teares, because vpon thy sommer fruits, and vpon thy haruest a showting is fallen. 10 And gladnes is taken away, and ioy out of the plentifull fielde: and in the vineyardes shall be no singing nor shouting for ioy: the treader shall not tread wine in the wine presses: I haue caused the reioycing to cease. 11 Wherefore, my bowels shall sounde like an harpe for Moab, and mine inwarde partes for Ker-haresh. 12 And when it shall appeare that Moab shall be wearie of his hie places, then shall hee come to his temple to praie, but he shall not preuaile. 13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against Moab since that time. 14 And nowe the Lorde hath spoken, saying, In three yeres, as the yeeres of a hireling, and the glorie of Moab shall be contemned in all the great multitude, & the remnant shalbe very small and feeble.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

since: Isaiah 44:8

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 48:16 - near

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.
Genesis 16:7
But the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernesse by the fountaine in the way to Shur,
Genesis 16:9
Then the Angel of the Lorde saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.
Genesis 16:10
Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.
Genesis 16:12
And he shalbe a wilde man: his hande shall be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him. and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place, Iehouah-ijreh. as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord be seene.
Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, & said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Izhak had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe emptie: but God behelde my tribulation, & the labour of mine hads, & rebuked thee yester night.
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon made an altar there vnto the Lord, and called it, Iehouah shalom: vnto this day it is in Ophrah, of the father of the Ezrites.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This [is] the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab,.... That is, this prophecy now delivered out is what comes from the Lord; it is the word of the Lord, and not of man, and so shall certainly come to pass; when this word was spoken follows:

since that time; from eternity, as some, and so refer it to the decree of God within himself; or from the time that Moab was in being, or a nation, as others; or from the time that Balak hired Balaam to curse Israel, so Jarchi; or rather from the time that the Lord made known his mind and will, concerning this matter, to the prophet Isaiah: for it should be rendered, "this is that word which the Lord spake concerning Moab then" i; that is, at the time or year in which Ahaz died, Isaiah 14:28 and is observed, to distinguish it from what the prophet spoke, or was about to speak, now or from this time, concerning him, as in the next verse Isaiah 16:14.

i So Noldius, Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 473. No. 1586.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the word - This is the substance of the “former” predictions respecting Moab. This has been the “general course” or sense of the prophecies respecting Moab, during all its history.

Since that time - Formerly; from former times. There had been a course of predictions declaring in general that Moab should be destroyed, and the prophet says here that he had expressed their general sense; or that “his” predictions accorded with them all - for they all predicted the complete overthrow of Moab. He now says Isaiah 16:14 that these general prophecies respecting Moab which had been of so long standing were now to be speedily accomplished. The prophecies respecting Moab, foretelling its future ruin, may be seen in Exodus 15:15; Numbers 21:29; Numbers 24:17; Psalms 60:8; Psalms 108:9; Amos 2:2; Zephaniah 2:9. It “may,” however, be intended here that the former portion of this prophecy had been uttered by Isaiah himself during the early part of his prophetic life. He is supposed to have prophesied some sixty or more years (“see” Introduction, Section 3); and it may be that the prophecy in the fifteenth and the previous part of the sixteenth chapter had been uttered during the early part of his life without specifying the time when it would be fulfilled; but now he says, that it would be accomplished in three years. Or it may be that some other prophet had uttered the prediction which he now repeats with additions at the close. The fact that Isaiah had done this on some occasions seems probable from the beginning of Isaiah 2:0, which appears to be a quotation from Micah 4:1-3 (see the Analysis to Isaiah 15:1-9, and the notes at Isaiah 2:2).


 
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