Isaiah

Isaiah 16:4

⁴Let my fugitives stay with you;

be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.”

When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased,

and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let my fugitives	נִדָּחַ֔י	nid·dā·ḥay	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5080 impel, thrust, banish
stay	יָג֤וּרוּ	yā·ḡū·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1481 sojourn
with you	בָךְ֙	ḇāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
be	הֱוִי־	hĕ·wî-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H1933 fall
a refuge	סֵ֥תֶר	sê·ṯer	Noun - masculine singular	H5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy
for Moab	מוֹאָ֛ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
from	מִפְּנֵ֣י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the destroyer	שׁוֹדֵ֑ד	šō·w·ḏêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the oppressor	הַמֵּץ֙	ham·mêṣ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4160 squeezer
has gone	אָפֵ֤ס	’ā·p̄ês	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H656 cease, fail, come to an end
destruction	שֹׁ֔ד	šōḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
has ceased	כָּ֣לָה	kā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
and the oppressors	רֹמֵ֖ס	rō·mês	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7429 trample
have vanished	תַּ֥מּוּ	tam·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8552 be complete, finished
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 14:4 · Isaiah 51:13 · Malachi 4:3 · Isaiah 9:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.