Isaiah 16:2-4

English Standard Version

²Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at ^(A)the fords of the Arnon.

³“Give counsel;
    grant justice;
^(B)make your shade like night
    at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
    do not reveal the fugitive;
⁴let ^(C)the outcasts of Moab
    sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them^[a]
    from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
    and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,

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Isaiah 16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them

Isaiah 16:2-4

New International Version

²Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,^(A)
so are the women of Moab^(B)
at the fords^(C) of the Arnon.^(D)

³“Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(E)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(F) from the destroyer.”