Isaiah 16:9

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Yazer 1 the gefen of Sivmah; 1 I will water thee with my tears, 1 O Cheshbon, and Elealeh; 1 for the shouting for thy summer fruits 1 and for thy katzir has fallen away. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

In Context

8For the fields of Cheshbon languish, 1 and the gefen of Sivmah; 1 Ba'alei Goyim have broken down the choicest vines thereof, 1 they reached even unto Yazer, 1 they wandered to the midbar; 1 her shoots are stretched out, 1 they are gone over the yam. 1

10And simchah is taken away, 1 and gladness out of the carmel (fruitful field), 1 and in the kramim (vineyards) there shall be no singing, 1 neither shall there be shouting; 1 the treaders shall tread out no yayin in their presses; 1 I have made their vintage shouting to cease. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:3For Thou hast broken the ol (yoke) of his burden, 1 and the mateh (staff) of his shoulder, 1 the shevet hanogesh (rod of the task master) of him, 1 as in the yom of Midyan. + 9:3 See Judg 7:25 1

Jeremiah 40:10As for me, hineni, I will dwell at Mitzpah, to serve the Kasdim (Chaldeans), which will come unto us; but ye, gather ye yayin, and kayitz (summer fruit), and shemen, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your towns that ye took over.

Jeremiah 48:32O gefen (vine) of Sivmah, 1 I will weep for thee with the weeping of Yazer; 1 thy branches are spread over the yam, 1 they reach even to the yam Yazer; 1 the plunderer is fallen upon 1 thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 1

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 →

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