Bible study · Isaiah 16:1-14
Isaiah 16: A harp for Moab
Read Isaiah 16:1-14 before you meet.
In a few lines
In 16:9-10 the battle shout that falls on Moab's harvest and the shouting that stops in its wine presses are one Hebrew word, heidad. And when the one who speaks says, "my heart sounds like a harp for Moab" (16:11), heart is me'eh, the inward parts, not lev, the usual word, which Jeremiah 48:36 has in nearly the same line.
The verse to carry
“A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.”
Isaiah 16:5
To talk about
1. "Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!" (16:3). When has someone been a safe place for you, and what did it mean to you?
2. "We have heard of the pride of Moab … His boastings are nothing" (16:6). Where does pride most easily show up in you?
3. "Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab" (16:11). The one who speaks weeps for Moab (16:9-11). Who is hard for you to feel for when things go wrong for them?