Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 16:11
My bowels — Thro' compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audible noise.
My bowels — Thro' compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audible noise.
WHEREFORE MY BOWELS - This is also an expression of the deep grief of the prophet in view of the calamities which were coming upon Moab. The “bowels” in the Scriptures are everywhere represented as th...
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...
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...
SOUND. make. plaintive sound. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew v'kirbi Kir. KIR-HARESH. See note on Isaiah 15:1....
(Jeremiah 48:36) _my bowels shall sound like a harp_ omit "shall" with R.V. The poet's emotion flows forth spontaneously in the strains of the elegy. The _bowels_are the seat of the more intense emoti...
The poet gives vent to his sympathy for Moab. These verses are amongst the most beautiful in the poem....
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...
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. MY BOWELS - in Scripture the seat of yearning compassion. It means the inward seat of emotion, the heart...
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...
MY BOWELS] regarded as the seat of the emotions (Jeremiah 31:20). The speaker is probably Jehovah, as in Isaiah 16:10 (Isaiah 63:15)....
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...
עַל ־כֵּן֙ מֵעַ֣י לְ מֹואָ֔ב כַּ †...
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...
Wherefore my (m) heart shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh. (m) For sorrow and compassion....
_Wall. Kir-hareseth, ver. 7. I am grieved at your misfortunes. (Calmet)_...
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...
11._Therefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab. _Assuming the character of a Moabite, the Prophet again describes excessive lamentation, proceeding from grief so intense that even the bowels...
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...
WHEREFORE MY BOWELS SHALL SOUND LIKE A HARP FOR MOAB,.... Making a noise as the harp does, and a mournful one as that, when used at funerals; which it makes when it is stricken or played on with the h...
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. Ver. 11. Wherefore my bowels shall sound _a_ like an harp for Moab.] The "elect of God, holy and beloved, h...
_Wherefore my bowels shall sound as a harp_ Through compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audible noise. Hereby he signifies the greatness of their...
Moab's Pride and Ruin. The Lord's invitation was issued to Moab also, for He wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. The appeal, however, was unavailing, and therefore th...
Wherefore my bowels, his whole heart, SHALL SOUND LIKE AN HARP FOR MOAB, like the sounding-board of a stringed instrument, which vibrates with the depth of his emotion, AND MINE INWARD PARTS FOR KIR-H...
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...
SHALL SOUND, through compassion to them; of which SEE POOLE ON "ISAIAH 15:5". In excessive griefs the bowels are sometimes rolled and tumbled together, so as to make an audible noise. Hereby he signif...
Isaiah 16:11 heart H4578 resound H1993 (H8799) harp H3658 Moab H4124 being H7130 Heres H7025 my -...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 16:6 Moab’s PRIDE is their doom, portrayed as a vineyard cut down. THEREFORE (vv. Isaiah 16:7,...
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...
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...
Hosea 11:8; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 63:15; Jeremiah 31:20;...