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Isaiah 16:14 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 16 · verse 14
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.Isaiah 16:14 · King James Version
Isaiah 16:14 in context
12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- contemnedqâlâhto be light , but figuratively, only in contempt)H7034 →
- hirelingsâkîyra man at wages by the day or yearH7916 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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Here we have, I. The sins with which Moab is charged, Isa 16:6. The prophet seems to check himself for going about to give good counsel to the Moabites, concluding they would not take the advice he gave them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14