Isaiah 16:1

Good News Translation

From the city of Sela in the desert the people of Moab send a lamb as a present to the one who rules in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2

Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley; he captured the city of Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, the name it still has.

2 Kings 3:4

King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, and every year he gave as tribute to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 sheep.

Ezra 7:17

“You are to spend this money carefully and buy bulls, rams, lambs, grain, and wine and offer them on the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:32

Today the enemy are in the town of Nob, and there they are shaking their fists at Mount Zion, at the city of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and its towns praise God; let the people of Kedar praise him! Let those who live in the city of Sela shout for joy from the tops of the mountains!

Ezekiel 45:16

“All the people of the land must take these offerings to the ruling prince of Israel.

Micah 4:8

And you, Jerusalem, where God, like a shepherd from his lookout tower, watches over his people, will once again be the capital of the kingdom that was yours.