Isaiah 16:11

So my heart sighs like a harp for Moab, and my inward being for Kir Hareseth. 1

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In The King James Version

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

In Context

10Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruit tree groves; and there is no singing, or shouts in the vineyards. 1 No one treads out wine in the presses, for I have put an end to the shouts of the one who treads. 1

12When Moab wears himself out on the high place 1 and enters his temple to pray, his prayers will accomplish nothing.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:3Therefore my loins are filled with pain; 1 pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me; 1 I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw. 1

Jeremiah 4:19My heart! My heart! I am in anguish in my heart. My heart is turbulent within me. I cannot keep quiet for I hear the sound of the horn, an alarm for battle.

Jeremiah 48:36So my heart is lamenting for Moab like a flute. My heart is lamenting like flutes for the people of Kir Hareseth. The riches they gained are gone.

Philippians 2:1If there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort from his love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if there are any tender mercies and compassions,

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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