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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 16:7

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

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

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:10

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field ,.... Or "is gathered" F8 נאסף "colligetur", Montanus; "ad verbum, collectum est", Vatablus. , though their harvest was not; all cause of joy and gladness was removed; a plentiful field being foraged, trampled upon, and destroyed by the enemy, and left desolate without any to manure it: and in the vineyards there shall be no singing ; as there used to be by the men that gathered the grapes, and trod the wine presses;... 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

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:10

Neither shall there be shouting "An end is put to the shouting" - The Septuagint read השבת hishbeth , passive, and in the third person; rightly, for God is not the speaker in this place. The rendering of the Septuagint is πεπαυται γαρ κελευσμα , "the cry ceaseth;" which last word, necessary to the rendering of the Hebrew and to the sense, is supplied by MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. II., having been lost out of the other copies. read more

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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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 16:10

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 16:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 16:1-14

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