What Does Isaiah 16:4 Mean?

“dwell”

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);

“Let mine outcasts”

to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)

“with thee Moab”

moab, an incestuous son of lot; also his territory and descendants

“be”

to be (in the sense of existence)

“thou a covert”

a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

“to them from the face”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“of the spoiler”

properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“is at an end”

to disappear, i.e., cease

“for the extortioner”

to press, i.e., (figuratively) to oppress

“ceaseth”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

“the spoiler”

violence, ravage

“are consumed”

to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive

“the oppressors”

to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“out of the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)