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16 You people should send a gift to the king of the land. You should send a lamb from Sela, through the desert, to the mountain in the city of Jerusalem.[a]

The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon.
    They run around looking for help,
    like little birds that have fallen from their nest.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:1 city of Jerusalem Literally, “daughter Zion.” See “Zion” in the Word List.

16 Send lambs(A) as tribute(B)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(C) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.(D)
Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,(E)
so are the women of Moab(F)
    at the fords(G) of the Arnon.(H)

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