Isaiah 16:4
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Continuation of the Moab oracle: refugees flee to the fords of the Arnon. Isaiah urges Moab to seek shelter with Judah and pay tribute. He laments Moab's pride but promises only three years until the remnant will be very few …
Other Translations
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land.
Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.
Cross References
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, …
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of …
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, …
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the …
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no …
For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even …
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! …
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and …
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out …