Isaiah 16:10
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field. And in the vineyards there shall be no singing nor joyful noise. No treader shall tread out wine in the presses. I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
Cross References
Job 24:11They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Isaiah 32:10For ye shall be troubled days beyond a year, ye careless women. For the vintage shall fail; the ingathering shall not come.
Ezekiel 7:7Thy doom has come to thee, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come. The day is near, tumult, and not joyful shouting, upon the mountains.
Amos 5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of thee, says LORD.
Zephaniah 1:13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of it.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 16:7-14
The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto… Read the whole commentary →