The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Covert” it comes from the Hebrew Word “cether” which means “covering, shelter.”
Isaiah continues his lament over Moab while pleading for compassion toward the outcast. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Isaiah 16.
Isaiah urges sending the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion, describing how the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon, like a wandering bird cast out of the nest, urging that the outcasts be allowed to dwell among them, being a “covert,” “cether” in Hebrew, to them from the face of the spoiler.
Isaiah describes how the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land, and in mercy the throne shall be established, one sitting upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hastening righteousness, describing how they have heard of the pride of Moab, exceedingly proud, even of his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his wrath, though his lies shall not be so.
Isaiah describes Moab shall howl for Moab, everyone shall howl, mourning for the foundations of Kirhareseth, the fields of Heshbon languishing, and the vine of Sibmah, describing how Isaiah’s own bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and his inward parts for Kirharesh, closing with the observation that this is the word the Lord has spoken concerning Moab since that time, but now the Lord has spoken, saying within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be contemned, and the remnant shall be very small and feeble, this chapter’s genuine sorrow over judgment continuing the previous chapter’s compassionate, mournful tone even while confirming judgment’s certainty.
Isaiah’s continued lament over Moab, his own bowels sounding like a harp in genuine grief, reinforces that prophetic judgment against even historically hostile nations flowed from real sorrow rather than callous satisfaction at their downfall. His plea for the ruler of the land to shelter Moab’s outcasts models genuine compassion extended even toward a traditionally difficult neighboring people amid their season of real crisis.
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