Isaiah 16:8 NIV

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 16:8

For the fields of Heshbon languish ,.... Through drought; or because of the forage of the enemy, and their treading upon them; or because there were no men left to till and manure them. Of Heshbon See Gill on Isaiah 15:4 . It seems to have been a place famous for fields and pastures, and to have been a very fruitful and well watered place; hence we read of the fish pools in Heshbon, Song of Solomon 7:4 though Aben Ezra and Kimchi think the word signifies vines, as they suppose it does in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:8

Languish "Are put to shame" - Here the text of Jeremiah leaves us much at a loss, in a place that seems to be greatly corrupted. The Septuagint join the two last words of this verse with the beginning of the following. Their rendering is: και ουκ εντραπησῃ, τα πεδια Εσεβων . For אך ach they must have read אל al ; otherwise, how came they by the negative, which seems not to belong to this place? Neither is it easy to make sense of the rest without a small alteration, by reading,... 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 16:6-11

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 16:7-14

Lament over Moab. I. MOAB 'S SELF - LAMENTATION . "Moab will wail for Moab; everything will wail." In her misery and distress, she reflects on her beauty. A fair land is like a fair maiden, and her desolation excites the like poignant self-pity. "I know not a greater grief," said Dante, "than to recall the happy time in the midst of distress." The picture of Moab ' s former happiness . The vineyard and all its gladdening associations represent the endearing charms of the land.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:8

The fields of Heshbon (see the comment on Isaiah 15:4 ). The whole of the Mishor, or Belka, on the edge of which Hesbdn stands, is cultivable and capable of producing good crops. The Moabites stored water in reservoirs ( Song of Solomon 7:4 ), and made their country a garden. The vine of Sib-mah . "Sibmah" is mentioned in Numbers 32:8 and Joshua 13:19 among the towns of the Reubenites. According to Jerome ('Comment. in Esaiam'), it was less than half a mile distant from Heshbon.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 16:8

For the fields of Heshbon - (See the note at Isaiah 15:4.)Languish - They are parched up with drought. The ‘fields’ here evidently mean “vineyards,” for so the parallelism demands. So in Deuteronomy 32:32 :Their vine is of the vine of Sodom,And of the fields of Gomorrah.And the vine of Sibmah - Sibmah, or Shibmah, was a city of Reuben Numbers 32:38; Joshua 13:19. Jeremiah, in the parallel place Jeremiah 48:32 speaks of the vine of Sibmah also. He also says that the enemies of Moab had taken... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 16:8-10

Isaiah 16:8-10. 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 celebrated, and held in high repute with all the great men and princes of that and the neighbouring countries, and were propagated from thence, not only over all the country of Moab, but to the sea of Sodom; yea, scions of them, as is signified in the last clause of this verse, were... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-14

Devastation in Moab (15:1-16:14)The place names mentioned in these two chapters indicate that the attack on Moab comes from the north, most likely from Assyria. The attack is swift and ruthless, and towns fall in a night. Wherever a person looks, there is mourning (15:1-4). Even Isaiah weeps as he sees the people fleeing pitifully, rushing along the streets, across the streams and over the fields that have been damaged by the invading armies. They take with them whatever precious possessions... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 16:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 16:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-14

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