Isaiah 16:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.”
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“Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Send ye a lamb <FI>to<Fi> the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 16:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 2 Kings 3:4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
- 2 Kings 14:7Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- Ezra 7:17With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 10:32Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 42:11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
- Micah 4:8And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
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