Isa 16:14 | TNotes | STEP | 16:14 Within three years, counting each day (literally Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them ; see also 21:16 ): A man who had sold himself into servitude for a period of time would calculate how much time remained right down to the final day. This verse refers to events that are unknown. • The glory of Moab will be ended , probably because of the Assyrian conquest of Moab (late 700s BC ). • only a feeble few will be left alive: Though decimated by war, the Moabites still existed during Nehemiah’s time (Neh 13:23 ).

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‏ Isaiah 16:14

16:14 ^a Within three years, counting each day (literally Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them; see also 21:16 ^b): A man who had sold himself into servitude for a period of time would calculate how much time remained right down to the final day. This verse refers to events that are unknown.

• The glory of Moab will be ended, probably because of the Assyrian conquest of Moab (late 700s BC).

• only a feeble few will be left alive: Though decimated by war, the Moabites still existed during Nehemiah’s time (Neh 13:23 ^c).