Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 16:9
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.
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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
(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...
The poet gives vent to his sympathy for Moab. These verses are amongst the most beautiful in the poem....
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...
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...
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....
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.'...
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...
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 ־כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּ בְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣
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...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 HES...
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...
THE SHOUTING FOR: Or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc....
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...
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...
Isaiah 16:9 bewail H1058 (H8799) vine H1612 Sibmah H7643 weeping H1065 Jazer H3270 drench H7301 (H8762) tears...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 40:10; Jeremiah 40:12;...