Isaiah 16:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Send lambs as gifts to the ruler of the land. Send them across the desert from Sela to Mount Zion.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2

David also defeated the Moabites. Then he made their soldiers lie down on the ground, and he measured them off with a rope. He would measure off two lengths of the rope and have those men killed, then he would measure off one length and let those men live. The people of Moab had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him.

2 Kings 14:7

While Amaziah was king, he killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley. He captured the town of Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is still its name.

2 Kings 3:4

For many years the country of Moab had been controlled by Israel and was forced to pay taxes to the kings of Israel. King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, so he paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool from one hundred thousand rams.

Ezra 7:17

Use the money carefully to buy the best bulls, rams, lambs, grain, and wine. Then sacrifice them on the altar at God's temple in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:32

Today the enemy will camp at Nob and shake a threatening fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 42:11

Tell the tribes of the desert and everyone in the mountains to celebrate and sing.

Ezekiel 45:16

The people of Israel will bring you these offerings.

Micah 4:8

Mount Zion in Jerusalem, guardian of my people, you will rule again.