Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

As a wandering bird cast out of the nest - rather, 'as wandering birds, a brood cast out' (in apposition with "a wandering bird," or rather wandering birds); namely, a brood just fledged and expelled from the nest in which they were hatched (Horsley) Compare ; .

(So) the daughters of Moab - i:e., the inhabitants of Moab. So ; ; ; (Maurer).

Shall be at the fords of Arnon - trying to cross the boundary river of Moab, in order to escape out of the land. Ewald and Maurer make "fords" a poetical expression for 'the dwellers on Arnon:' answering to the parallel clause of the same sense, "daughters of Moab."