Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Parallel translations
- WEB Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- BSB Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
- NKJV Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- NASB Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- NLT Send lambs from Sela as tribute to the ruler of the land. Send them through the desert to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
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Quick answer
Moab is counseled to send tribute lambs to the ruler in Zion. Their hope of mercy lies in submitting to the king of Judah.
Overview
Isaiah advises the Moabite fugitives to send the customary tribute of lambs, recalling Moab's past payment to Israel (2 Kings 3:4), to seek refuge under Jerusalem's king. The path to safety runs through Zion, the place God has appointed. This points beyond a political solution to the ultimate refuge found in the King who reigns from David's line.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 3:4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
- Isa 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 14:7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- 2 Sam 8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
- Ezra 7:17That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
- Isa 42:11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
- Mic 4:8And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
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