Isaiah 16:10
in Isaiah 16Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.
KJV
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
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This verse in Isaiah 16
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 10) And joy and gladness shall be taken away from Carmel. It is the language of the Scriptures that always compares Mount Carmel, which overlooks Ptolemais and contains abundant forests, where Elijah prayed, to fertility and abundance, and thus signifies that all joy and fertility shall be taken away from once prosperous cities. And in the vineyards there will be no rejoicing or jubilation. It is understood that the previous grape harvester, that is, the colonist of the Moabite province, will not be there.
This site's exposition
Joy and gladness are removed
on Isaiah 16:10-12
The prophet's grief sounds again, "my heart laments for Moab like a harp," mourning without holding himself apart from the nation under judgment. When Moab enters his sanctuary to pray, "it will do him no good," a sanctuary Adam Clarke takes as the shrine of Chemosh.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 9, 10.) The scourges of the Lord have fallen upon the nations: they have reached even to Jazer. They have wandered in the desert: their branches have been left behind: they have crossed the sea. Therefore, I will weep over the vineyard of Sabama with weeping: I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Eleale: for on your harvest and on your crop the voice of the treaders has fallen. Joy and gladness will be taken away from Carmel: there will be no rejoicing or jubilation in the vineyards: the one who used to tread the wine in the winepress will not tread it anymore: I have taken away the sound of the treaders. The suburban areas of Esebon, which we mentioned earlier, are deserted, and the vineyard of Sabama, which can be interpreted not only as a lofty elevation but also as some kind of conversion, because it seems that in the region of Moab, it wants to be partially converted to the service of the Lord. Therefore, the Apostles and apostolic men, servants of the Lord of nations, completely cut off the scourges and offshoots of this vine of Sabama, so that no other heresies would arise from other heresies, and a boundless multitude of the erring would not be made. And not only did the branches of Sabama fall, but they reached as far as Jazer, which is interpreted as their strength: that is, to the most powerful teachings of the heretics, and constructed with dialectic art, in which the strength of their error seemed to reside; and to such an extent was their sword brandished, that in the end they wandered in the wilderness and had no one to kill. And although those lashes were cut off, nevertheless, due to the fault of the rotten root, some branches remained. […]
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, the reason for his compassion is set out as to attack their enemies: the treaders, that is, of the ravaging Assyrians. And as to the taking away of the joy that they had from abundance of grain: from Carmel, that is, from fertility—for Carmel …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field,....
Many a time they had shouted for their summer fruits, and for their harvest, as the country people sometimes do with us when they have cut down all their corn. They had had joy and gladness in their fields and vineyards, singing and shouting at the treading of their grapes. Nothing is said of their praising God for their abundance, and giving him the glory of it.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And gladness ... - The gladness and joy that was commonly felt in the field producing a rich and luxuriant harvest. Out of the plentiful field - Hebrew, ‘From Carmel;’ but Carmel means a fruitful field as well as the mountain of that name (see the note at Isa 10:18). I have made their vintage shouting to cease - That is, by the desolation that has come upon the land. The vineyards are destroyed; and of course the shout of joy in the vintage is no more heard.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
from the fruitful field Heb. כַּרְמֶל. That is a place of a forest and grain fields.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֶאֱסַ֨ף | veneesaf | and it will be removed | H622 → | 200 times |
| שִׂמְחָ֤ה | simchah | gladness | H8057 → | 94 times |
| וָגִיל֙ | vagil | and rejoicing | H1524 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל | hakarmel | the orchard | H3759 → | 17 times |
| וּבַכְּרָמִ֥ים | uvakeramim | and in the vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְרֻנָּ֖ן | yerunan | anything will be sung | H7442 → | 54 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְרֹעָ֑ע | yeroa' | anything will be shouted | H7321 → | 44 times |
| יַ֗יִן | yayin | wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| בַּיְקָבִ֛ים | baykavim | in the wine-presses | H3342 → | |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִדְרֹ֥ךְ | yidrokh | he will tread | H1869 → | 62 times |
| הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ | hadorekh | the treader | H1869 → | 62 times |
| הֵידָ֥ד | heidad | shouting | H1959 → | |
| הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃ | hishbati | I have made to cease | H7673 → | 71 times |
וְנֶאֱסַ֨ףand it will be removed
veneesafH622 →200 times
שִׂמְחָ֤הgladness
simchahH8057 →94 times
וָגִיל֙and rejoicing
vagilH1524 →
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַכַּרְמֶ֔לthe orchard
hakarmelH3759 →17 times
וּבַכְּרָמִ֥יםand in the vineyards
uvakeramimH3754 →92 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יְרֻנָּ֖ןanything will be sung
yerunanH7442 →54 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְרֹעָ֑עanything will be shouted
yeroa'H7321 →44 times
יַ֗יִןwine
yayinH3196 →141 times
בַּיְקָבִ֛יםin the wine-presses
baykavimH3342 →
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִדְרֹ֥ךְhe will tread
yidrokhH1869 →62 times
הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְthe treader
hadorekhH1869 →62 times
הֵידָ֥דshouting
heidadH1959 →
הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃I have made to cease
hishbatiH7673 →71 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the…
it leads to
- Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
- Deuteronomy 28:30
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not…
- Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
- James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- Haggai 1:6
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into…
- Micah 6:15
Through
Amos 5:17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:12
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am…
- Jeremiah 48:33
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts…
- Exodus 12:12
Through
Isaiah 32:10In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:13
I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will…
- Jeremiah 8:13
About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.