the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Isaiah 16:2
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Like a bird fleeing,forced from the nest,the daughters of Moabwill be at the fords of the Arnon.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Mo'av be at the fords of the Arnon.
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.
Like fleeing birds, like a scattered nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Then, like fluttering birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the crossing places of the Arnon.
The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon like little birds that have fallen from their nest.
For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes of Arnon.
Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
The women of Moab crossing the Arnon River are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.
The daughters of Mo'av at the fords of the Arnon are like fluttering birds pushed from the nest.
And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon. They run around looking for help, like little birds that have fallen from their nest.
And he shall be like a bird that changes its nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be deserted at the fords of Arnon.
And this shall be: like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.
For it is as a fleeing bird cast out of the nest; the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
(For as for the doughters of Moab, they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde, yt is put out of hir nest, by the fery of Arnon) which messaunger sayde:
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
For it shalbe that as a wandering bird cast out of the nest: so the daughters of Moab shalbe at the fordes of Arnon.
For as for the daughters of Moab they shalbe as a trembling birde that is put out of her neste: for they shall cary them vnto Arnon.
For thou shalt be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: even thou shalt be so, daughter of Moab: and then do thou, O Arnon,
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
And it schal be as a foule fleynge, and briddis fleynge awei fro the nest, so schulen be the douytris of Moab in the passyng ouer of Arnon.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
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.
At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.
For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
Then, like birds driven from their nest, the people of Moab will be where the Arnon River can be crossed.
Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Yet shall it be that - Like wandering birds from a nest cast forth, Shall be the daughters of Moab, at the fords of Amen.
And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.
Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon.
Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as: Isaiah 13:14, Proverbs 27:8
cast out of the nest: or, a nest forsaken
the fords: Numbers 21:13-15, Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 3:8, Deuteronomy 3:12, Joshua 13:16, Judges 11:18
Reciprocal: Numbers 22:36 - the border Joshua 12:1 - from the Psalms 109:10 - General Jeremiah 48:9 - wings Jeremiah 48:12 - wanderers Jeremiah 48:20 - Arnon Micah 1:11 - Pass
Cross-References
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,
and so she said to Abram, "The Lord has kept me from having children. Why don't you sleep with my slave? Perhaps she can have a child for me." Abram agreed with what Sarai said.
Abram had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she found out that she was pregnant, she became proud and despised Sarai.
Abram answered, "Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."
Then he said, "I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them.
I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."
One of them said, "Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For it shall be,.... Or, "otherwise it shall be" z; if ye do not pay this tribute:
[that] as a wandering bird cast out of the nest: or, "as a wandering bird, the nest sent out": that is, as a bird that has forsaken its nest, and wanders about, and its young ones are turned out of the nest, scarcely fledged, and unable to shift for themselves, but flutter about here and there, trembling and frightened, see Proverbs 26:2:
[so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon: turned out of their houses, wandering up and down, not knowing where to go; unable to help themselves, and in the utmost fright and consternation, fleeing to the very borders of their land, as the fords of Arnon were, see Numbers 21:13.
z והיה "alioqui", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For it shall be - It shall happen in the time of the calamity that shall come upon Moab.
As a wandering bird - (See Isaiah 10:14.) The same idea is presented in Proverbs 27:8 :
As a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
The idea here is that of a bird driven away from her nest, where the nest is destroyed, and the young fly about without any home or place of rest. So would Moab be when the inhabitants were driven from their dwellings. The reason why this is introduced seems to be, to enforce what the prophet had said in the previous verse - the duty of paying the usual tribute to the Jews, and seeking their protection. The time is coming, says the prophet, when the Moabites shall be driven from their homes, and when they will need that protection which they can obtain by paying the usual tribute to the Jews.
The daughters of Moab - The females shall be driven from their homes, and shall wander about, and endeavor to flee from the invasion which has come upon the land. By the apprehension, therefore, that their wives and daughters would be exposed to this danger, the prophet calls upon the Moabites to secure the protection of the king of Judah.
At the fords of Arnon - Arnon was the northern boundary of the land of Moab. They would endeavor to cross that river, and thus flee from the land, and escape the desolations that were coming upon it. The river Arnon, now called Mujeb, flows in a deep, frightfully wild, and rocky vale of the same name Numbers 21:15; Deuteronomy 2:24; Deuteronomy 3:9, in a narrow bed, and forms at this time the boundary between the provinces of Belka and Karrak (Seetzen). Bridges were not common in the times here referred to; and, indeed, permanent bridges among the ancients were things almost unknown. Hence, they selected the places where the streams were most shallow and gentle, as the usual places of crossing.
