Isaiah 16:9 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 16:9

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 "therefore with weeping I will bewail" (most vehemently lament, an usual Hebraism) "Jazer", and "the vine of Sibmah": the prophet here represents the Moabites weeping for their vines more especially, they being a people addicted to drunkenness, in which their father was begotten; hence Bacchus is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 weeping, which I follow. For thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen "And upon thy vintage the destroyer hath fallen" - נפל הידד קצירך ועל veal ketsirech heidad naphal . In these few words there are two great mistakes, which the text of Jeremiah 48:32 ; rectifies. For קצירך ketsirech ,... 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 16:9

Therefore I will bewail (comp. Isaiah 15:5 , and see the Homiletics on that verse). With the weeping of Jazer . "With tears as genuine as Jazer's own" (Kay). O Heshbon and Elealeh (on the close connection of these two cities, see the comment on Isaiah 15:4 ). For the shouting , etc.; rather, for on thy summer fruits and on thy harvest a shouting is fallen . The "shouting" intended is that of the invading enemy, which replaces the ordinary joy-song of the vintagers (see Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:9-10

The sadness of a silent land. These verses bring before us the picture of a country from which, at the proper seasons, there rises no harvest and no vintage song. "Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in its vineyard there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting." In every age and every land the gladness of the people has found expression in the joy of harvest, and no picture of woe, want, and desolation could be so effective as this simple one of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 16:9

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 (see the note at Isaiah 15:5).With the weeping of Jazer - That is, I will pour out the same lamentation for the vine of Sibmah which I do for Jazer; implying that it would be deep and bitter sorrow (see Jeremiah 48:32).I will water thee with my tears - Indicating the grievous calamities that were... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:9

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 16:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 16:9

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

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