King James Version
Isaiah 16:1 in the King James Version says “Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Sela: or,...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Sela: or, Petra: Heb. A rock”
Isaiah 16:1 · KJV
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Sela: or, Petra: Heb. A rock
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. cast: or, a nest forsaken
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Take: Heb. Bring
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“to the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“of the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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