Isaiah 16:1-2

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Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation

16 Send lambs to the ruler of the land [^[a]you Moabites],
From Sela [that is, Petra in Edom] through the wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem).^(A)
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For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 16:1 As King Mesha sent 100,000 lambs each year to King Ahab of Israel (2 Kin 3:4), so now the Moabites are advised to win the king’s favor and protection by diverting their tribute to the king in Jerusalem as an acknowledgment of subjection.