richmahn_en_tn/isa/16/01.md

This continues the prophecy about the people of Moab. God describes events that will happen in the future as if it is happening in the present. (See: [Isaiah 15:1](../15/01.md))

## Send rams to the ruler of the land ##

The Moabites will send rams to the king of Judah so that he might protect them from the enemy army.

## Selah ##

This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## the daughter of Zion ##

See how you translated this in [Isaiah 1:7](../01/07.md).

## As wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so the women of Moab are at the fords of the Arnon River ##

All the people of Moab, which includes the women, are forced to flee from their homes. AT: "Like birds without a home, the women of Moab will flee across the river to another land." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])