Isaiah 16:4

“Let my banished ones reside as aliens among you, Moab; be a hiding place for them from before the devastator. For the oppressor has come to an end, devastation has ceased, the tramplers have vanished from the land.”

Isaiah 16:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 16:4, word by word

Let my banished onesנִדָּחַnidaach

banish

To push a people far from their land.

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reside as aliensיָגוּרוּyaguru

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

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beהֱוִיhevi

be

To exist or be in a certain state; to come to be something.

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a hiding placeסֵתֶרseter

hiding place

A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.

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from beforeפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the devastatorשׁוֹדֵדshoded

destroyer

The one who ruins and loots.

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the oppressorמֵּץmets

oppressor (squeeze)

To squeeze, to press; as a noun, an oppressor.

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has come to an endאָפֵסafes

run out, cease

Run out, come to an end, fail; be gone.

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devastationשֹׁדshod

destruction, violence

Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.

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has ceasedכָּלָהkala

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

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the tramplersרֹמֵסromes

trample

Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.

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have vanishedתַּמּוּtamu

be consumed

To be completely destroyed.

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from the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemDead SeaMoab
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Moab

    Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea

    The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.

    The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).

    Genesis 19:37Ruth 1:1Numbers 22:1Deuteronomy 34:5

The context

3Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noon; hide the banished, do not expose the wanderer.

4 · This verse (above)

5And a throne will be established in loyal love, and one will sit on it in truth in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and swift in righteousness.

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