Isaiah 16:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

yāgûrû in-you niddāḥay môʾāb hĕwî-sēter to-them from-face-of šôdēd for-ʾāpēs the-mēṣ kālāh šōd tammû rōmēs from-the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*yāgûrû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural - let them sojourn/dwell
*niddāḥay*: participle, niphal masculine plural construct with 1st singular suffix - my outcasts
*môʾāb*: proper noun, vocative - O Moab
*hĕwî*: imperative, feminine singular - be
*sēter*: noun, masculine singular - hiding place/shelter
*šôdēd*: participle, qal masculine singular - destroyer/robber
*ʾāpēs*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has ceased/ended
*mēṣ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - oppressor/extortioner
*kālāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is finished/completed
*šōd*: noun, masculine singular - destruction/violence
*tammû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd plural - they are ended/finished
*rōmēs*: participle, qal masculine singular - one who tramples
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land/earth

Word Meanings

*yāgûrû*: let them sojourn/let them dwell as aliens
*niddāḥay*: my outcasts/my banished ones/my scattered ones
*hĕwî-sēter*: be a hiding place/be a shelter
*šôdēd*: destroyer/robber/plunderer
*mēṣ*: oppressor/extortioner
*rōmēs*: trampler/one who treads down

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Referenced Verses

Isa 51:13 : 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isa 14:4 : 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isa 15:6 : 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isa 25:10 : 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Deut 23:15-16 : 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
Deut 24:14 : 14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Isa 9:4 : 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Jer 21:12 : 12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jer 48:8 : 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
Jer 48:18 : 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
Zech 9:8 : 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Rev 11:2 : 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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Isa 16:2-3
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