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Isaiah 16:2

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For it shall be, [that], as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

For it shall be, that, as a wandering {H5074} bird {H5775} cast out {H7971} of the nest {H7064}, so the daughters {H1323} of Moab {H4124} shall be at the fords {H4569} of Arnon {H769}.

The daughters of Mo'av at the fords of the Arnon are like fluttering birds pushed from the nest.

Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

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  • Proverbs 27:8 (4 votes)

    ¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.

  • Judges 11:18 (3 votes)

    Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.

  • Deuteronomy 2:36 (2 votes)

    From Aroer, which [is] by the brink of the river of Arnon, and [from] the city that [is] by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

  • Deuteronomy 3:8 (2 votes)

    And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that [was] on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

  • Jeremiah 48:20 (2 votes)

    Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

  • Numbers 21:13 (2 votes)

    From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which [is] in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon [is] the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

  • Numbers 21:15 (2 votes)

    And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.