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Isaiah 16:9

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah, the prophet's tears joining in pity and in lament with those of the rich districts of Moab; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh, weeping on account of the hardness of heart shown by the Moabites, which resulted in such a terrible punishment; for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen, rather, "for the vintage-shout ( hedad) is fallen on thy fruits and on thy vintage," namely, the invader, whose shout of triumph accompanied his trampling the harvest of fruits and grapes into the ground.

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See also Isaiah 16:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 16:9. _WITH THE WEEPING_ - "As with the weeping"] For בבכי _bibechi_, a MS. reads בכי _bechi_. In Jeremiah 48:32, it is מבכי _mibbechi_. The _Septuagint_ read כבכי _kibeki, as with weepin...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE, I WILL BEWAIL - So great is the desolation that I, the prophet, will lament it, though it belongs to another nation than mine own. The expression indicates that the calamity will be great ...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 16 The Burden of Moab Continued 1. _God's call to Moab to repent (Isaiah 16:1)_ 2. _Moab's pride and judgment (Isaiah 16:6)_ The fifteenth and sixteenth Chapter s form one prophecy. Moab's l...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The Moabites now in Sela, a city of Edom (2 Kings 14:7 *; _cf._ Judges 1:36, _mg.*),_ exhort each other to send the tribute of lambs once paid to Israel (2 Kings 3:4) to Jerusalem to secure her protec...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WATER THEE. make thee drunk. ELEALEH. See note on Isaiah 15:4. THE SHOUTING FOR THY SUMMER FRUITS AND FOR THY HARVEST IS FALLEN. on thy summer fruits and thy harvest. war-cry hath fallen,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The poet gives vent to his sympathy for Moab. These verses are amongst the most beautiful in the poem....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (Jeremiah 48:32) _with the weeping of Jazer_ i.e. in sympathy with the weeping of J. _I will water thee_ lit. DRENCH THEE. _for the shouting … fallen_ Render with R.V.: FOR UPON THY SUMMER-FRUITS (or...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THE SHOUTING, &C.— _For, upon thy summer-fruits, and upon thy vintage, the destroyer hath fallen._ Lowth. The meaning of the phrase, _I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer,_ or, _I will lament w...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. INSOLENCE TEXT: Isaiah 16:6-12 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought. 7 Therefore shall Moa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Sela _which is_ toward the wilderness,' etc. Mesha, king of Moab, had rendered to Israel tribute of lambs and rams (2 Kings 3:4). The prophet he...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WITH THE WEEPING OF JAZER] i.e. with sorrow as genuine as that of the Moabites themselves. FOR THE SHOUTING, etc.] RV 'for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the _battle_ shout is fallen.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 16 MOAB ASKS FOR HELP V1 From the town called Sela in the desert, M...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּ בְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing the prophecy concerning Moab, the prophet proceeds to describe how in her distress she will appeal to Judah for sanctuary Isaiah 16:1). This will be refused, and so great will be the distre...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore I will (k) bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy (l) harvest is fal...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XVI. _ My tears. Chap. xv. 5. (Haydock) --- I announce a different sort of music from that which is customary in times of harvest, and of vintage. The liquor shall be tears, chap. lxiii. 2.,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If the Reader looks closely to what is here said concerning Moab, he will find it a suited representation of all the pride and ostentation of all the flourishing nations of the earth. The pride of Moa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._Therefore I will bewail. _The Prophet here takes upon him the character of another person, as we have formerly remarked; for in the name of the Moabites he laments and groans. It is undoubtedly tru...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE I WILL BEWAIL WITH THE WEEPING OF JAZER THE VINE OF SIBMAH,.... That is, bewail the one, as he had done the other, both places with the fruits about them being destroyed by the enemy; or "th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. Ve...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The fields of Heshbon languish_ Either for want of rain, or, rather, because no men should be left to till and manure them. _And the vine of Sibmah_ These vines and those of Heshbon were greatly cele...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE SHOUTING FOR: Or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-14 Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever. Also, the very proud are commonly very passionate. With lies many seek to gain...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WILL BEWAIL WITH THE WEEPING OF JAZER THE VINE OF SIBMAH: so the sense is, I will bewail Sibmah as I did bewail Jazer, which, they say, was destroyed before Sibmah: or, THE WEEPING OF JAZER might be...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 16:9 bewail H1058 (H8799) vine H1612 Sibmah H7643 weeping H1065 Jazer H3270 drench H7301 (H8762) tears...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REQUEST TO JUDAH IS NEVER ACTUALISED BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE OF MOAB, WITH SAD RESULTS (ISAIAH 16:6). Analysis of Isaiah 16:6. a We have heard of the pride of Moab, (he is very proud), even of his...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 16 MOAB, HER REFUGEES IN DESPERATE STRAITS, SEEK REFUGE IN EDOM AND CONSIDER REFUGE IN JUDAH, BUT DECIDE AGAINST IT. God was ready to provide Moab with a safe shelter in Judah, but they prefe...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Women of Moab anticipate the Davidic Kingdom and lament the pride of Moab. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who will not yield to the fear of God, will be made to yield to the fear of ev...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 16:1. _Send ye the lamb from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion._ Send the tribute of the lambs from all the towns of Moab, and seek alliance with the house of David,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 16:6 Moab’s PRIDE is their doom, portrayed as a vineyard cut down. THEREFORE (vv. Isaiah 16:7,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 16:1 THE BURDEN OF MOAB (CONTINUED). This portion of the "burden" is divided into three sections. In section 1 (from Isaiah 16:1 to the end of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn to Isaiah chapter 16 as we continue our study through the prophecy of Isaiah. Now, in these next few Chapter s that we are covering here in Isaiah, behind the scenes Assyria is arising as a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 40:10; Jeremiah 40:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sibmah — I will bewail Sibmah, as I did bewail Jazer, which was destroyed before Sibmah. Fallen — Those joyful shouts which were customary in the time of harvest and vintage, shall cease....

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