Isaiah 16:14
And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
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.
Note feeble: or, not many
But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.”
But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- three
- Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 21:16; Deuteronomy 15:8
- the glory
- Isaiah 17:4; Isaiah 23:9; Genesis 31:1; Esther 5:11; Jeremiah 9:23; Nahum 2:9, 10
- and the remnant
- Jeremiah 48:46, 47