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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 16:6-14

Here we have, I. The sins with which Moab is charged, Isa. 16:6. The prophet seems to check himself for going about to give good counsel to the Moabites, concluding they would not take the advice he gave them. He told them their duty (whether they would hear or whether they would forbear), but despairs of working any good upon them; he would have healed them, but they would not be healed. Those that will not be counselled cannot be helped. Their sins were, 1. Pride. This is most insisted upon;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab ,.... These are the words of the prophet, either in the name of the Lord, or in the person of the Jews, or of other nations, who had heard very frequently, and from many persons, and from every quarter, of the excessive pride of this people, and had many instances of it related to them, which foretold their ruin; for pride comes before a fall: ( he is very proud) : though his original was so base and infamous; and therefore there is little reason to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:7

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab ,.... One Moabite shall mourn for another; the living for the dead; or one part of the country for another; or to Moab, they shall howl in turns, answering to one another: everyone shall howl : every Moabite, or the whole country of Moab shall howl, being everywhere desolate: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn: surely they are stricken ; this was a very principal city in the land of Moab, and a very strong one, see 2 Kings 3:25 .... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab "We have heard the pride of Moab" - For גא ge , read גאה geah ; two MSS., one ancient, and Jeremiah 48:29 . Zephaniah, Zephaniah 2:8-10 , in his prophecy against Moab, the subject of which is the same with that of Jeremiah in his forty-eighth chapter, (see the note on Isaiah 15:1 ; (note)), enlarges much on the pride of Moab, and their insolent behavior towards the Jews: - "I have heard the reproach of Moab; And the revilings of the sons... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:7

For the foundations of Kir-hareseth "For the men of Kirhares" - A palpable mistake in this place is happily corrected by the parallel text of Jeremiah 48:31 , where, instead of אשישי ashishey , foundations or flagons, we read אנשי anshey , men. In the same place of Jeremiah, and in Jeremiah 48:36 , and here in Isaiah 16:11 , the name of the city is Kirhares, not Kirhareseth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-6

The King in Zion. "I have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion" ( Psalms 2:1-12 .). The destined Ruler of the world, he shall spread the wing of his mild government and protection over the nations in their harassment and despair, as now over Moab. 1. THE CALL TO THE FUGITIVES . They have fled into Edom, as far as to Petra, near Mount Hor. It was a region surrounded by rocky cliffs. Sela itself means rock or cliff. Between Petra—whose ruins the Arab guide of Seetzen said he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-14

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 Isaiah 16:5 ) an offer of mercy is made to Moab on certain conditions, viz. that she return to her allegiance to the house of David, and show kindness to fugitive Israelites. In section 2 ( Isaiah 16:6-12 ) she is supposed to have rejected this offer, and is threatened (as in Isaiah 15:1-9 .) with severe punishment. In section 3... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab . A new section commences. Moab has not accepted the offer of mercy made in Isaiah 16:1-5 , and is therefore denounced afresh. Her "pride" prevented her from renewing her subjection to the house of David, and therefore it is her pride which is specially condemned. His lies shall not be so ; rather, of no worth are his boast-tags . The result will not correspond with them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:6-11

Guilty arrogance and commendable compassion. I. THE GUILT OF ARROGANCE . ( Isaiah 16:6 .) Moab was proud, haughty, insolent, boastful; she lifted up herself in contemptuous defiance of Judah, of the city of God; and the prophet of Jehovah speaks of her arrogance as a very great offence in 'the eyes of the supreme Disposer. There is nothing which is more emphatically, or more repeatedly condemned in Scripture than haughtiness of heart or spiritual pride; it is a very rank offence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:7

Every one shall howl ; rather, the whole of it shall howl ; i.e. the entire nation collectively (comp. Herod; 8:99; 9:24). For the foundations of Kir-Hareseth shall ye mourn . The word here translated "foundations" is elsewhere always rendered "flagons" or "flagons of wine" ( 2 Samuel 6:19 ; So 2 Samuel 2:5 ; Hosea 3:1 ). And this rendering is more agreeable to the context than "foundations," since it is the loss of the products of the soil which is threatened in the next three... read more

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