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Isaiah 16:3 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 16 · verse 3
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.Isaiah 16:3 · King James Version
Isaiah 16:3 in context
1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2For 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.
3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4Let 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.
5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentpᵉlîylâhjusticeH6415 →
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- executeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- noondaytsôhara lightH6672 →
- shadowtsêlshade, whether literal or figurativeH6738 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
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God has made it to appear that he delights not in the ruin of sinners by telling them what they may do to prevent the ruin; so he does here to Moab. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5