Isaiah 16:1
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Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.

the lamb

2 Samuel 8:2 And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth: and he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with their fleeces.

Ezra 7:17 Take freely, and buy diligently with this money, calves, rams, lambs, with the sacrifices and libations of them, and offer them upon the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Jerusalem.

from

2 Kings 14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.

Sela.

Isaiah 10:32 It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Micah 4:8 And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Sion, from this time now and forever.

Context
A Prophecy of Moab's Devastation
1Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.2And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:4
Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with their fleeces.

2 Kings 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.

Ezra 7:17
Take freely, and buy diligently with this money, calves, rams, lambs, with the sacrifices and libations of them, and offer them upon the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:32
It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 42:11
Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.

Ezekiel 45:16
All the people of the land shall be bound to these firstfruits for the prince in Israel.

Lexicon
Send
שִׁלְחוּ־ (šil·ḥū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

the [tribute] lambs
כַ֥ר (ḵar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3733: A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle

to the ruler
מֹשֵֽׁל־ (mō·šêl-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

of the land,
אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

from Sela
מִסֶּ֣לַע (mis·se·la‘)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5554: Sela -- a city in Edom

in the desert
מִדְבָּ֑רָה (miḏ·bā·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the mount
הַ֖ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of the Daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Zion.
צִיּֽוֹן׃ (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem


Additional Translations
Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of the Daughter of Zion.Send you the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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

I will send as it were reptiles on the land: is not the mount of the daughter of Sion a desolate rock?

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

Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Sela which is toward the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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

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

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