Isaiah 16:1 “Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the dese…”

Isaiah 16:1

Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

World English Bible

Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

American Standard Version

Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Geneva Bible 1599

Send yee a lambe to the ruler of the worlde from the rocke of the wildernesse, vnto the mountaine of the daughter Zion.

Darby Translation

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, — unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Young's Literal Translation

Send ye a lamb [to] the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Bible in Basic English

And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

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Cross references

“the lamb”

2 Kings 3:4 2 Samuel 8:2 Ezra 7:17

2 Kings 3:4 · BSB

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites be…

Ezra 7:17 · BSB

With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.

“from”

2 Kings 14:7

2 Kings 14:7 · BSB

Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.

“the mount”

Isaiah 10:32 Micah 4:8

Isaiah 10:32 · BSB

Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

Micah 4:8 · BSB

And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

Also

Isaiah 42:11

Isaiah 42:11 · BSB

Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

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