Isaiah 16:1-5

Contemporary English Version

16 Send lambs^[a] as gifts
    to the ruler of the land.
Send them across the desert
    from Sela^[b] to Mount Zion.
² The women of Moab
    crossing the Arnon River
are like a flock of birds
    scattered from their nests.
³ Moab's messengers say
    to the people of Judah,
“Be kind and help us!
Shade us from the heat
    of the noonday sun.
Hide our refugees!
    Don't turn them away.
⁴ Let our people live
in your country
    and find safety here.”