Isaiah 16:11 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab,.... Making a noise as the harp does, and a mournful one as that, when used at funerals; which it makes when it is stricken or played on with the hand, as these were, through the afflictive and punitive hand of God; and which, when stricken, causes a quavering of the strings, to which the inward trembling of the bowels is compared, and is very expressive of the prophet's sympathy, or those he personates; for, when one string of the harp is touched, the rest sound.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wherefore my bowels - This is also an expression of the deep grief of the prophet in view of the calamities which were coming upon Moab. The “bowels” in the Scriptures are everywhere represented as the seat of compassion, pity, commiseration, and tender mercy Gen 43:30: ‘His bowels did yearn upon his brother’ - he deeply felt for him, he greatly pitied him 1Ki 3:26; Psa 25:6; Pro 12:10; Son 5:4; Isa 63:15; Jer 4:19; Jer 31:20; Php 1:8; Php 2:

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּן֙	ken	-fore	H3651 →
מֵעַ֣י	me.'Ai	inward parts my	H4578 →
לְמוֹאָ֔ב	le.mo.'Av	for Moab	H4124 →
כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר	ka.ki.Nor	like <the> harp	H3658 →
יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ	ye.he.Mu	they make a sound	H1993 →
וְקִרְבִּ֖י	ve.kir.Bi	and inner being my	H7130 →
לְקִ֥יר	le.Kir	for Kir	H7025 →
חָֽרֶשׂ׃	Cha.res	Heres	H7025 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:1
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
leads to
- Colossians 3:12
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- 1 John 4:12
  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- 1 John 4:7–8
  Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- Colossians 2:2
  that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
Through
Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:20
  Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Hosea 6:4
  What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…

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