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Isaiah 16:12
ESV And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
NIV When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.
NASB So it will come about when Moab presents himself, When he tires himself upon his high place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.
CSB When Moab appears and tires himself out on the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
NLT The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines, but it will do them no good. They will cry to the gods in their temples, but no one will be able to save them.
KJV And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
NKJV And it shall come to pass, When it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, That he will come to his sanctuary to pray; But he will not prevail.

What does Isaiah 16:12 mean?

With the official oracle, or prophecy, against Moab completed, Isaiah adds a few notes. First, the Moabites will pray for help from their god. They will go to great lengths humiliating and debasing themselves towards this idol. None of that will matter. They will not prevail nor will their god intervene.

Chemosh was the false god of the Moabites (1 Kings 11:33). Like all imaginary gods, he was powerless. He could not save Moab from the invaders. Nor could he spare them from the judgment of the real God: the Lord of Israel. The larger point of all these oracles was to show the Israelites that they should not turn to other nations, or their gods, for protection. Only the one true God of Israel could save them. They must trust in Him alone, no matter how unlikely their chances of victory looked from a human perspective. No victory is too large for the Lord, regardless how unlikely it may have seemed.
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