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I am filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore my heart shall resound like a harp for Moab, And my inner being for Kir Heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my inner being sounds like a harp for Moab. And my heart for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab, And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore my inner being moans like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab, And my inner being <i>mourns</i> for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, as does my innermost being for Kir-heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Deep in my heart I hurt for Moab and Kir-Heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore my bowels sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why my heart mourns for Moab like a harp. My soul mourns for Kir Hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I groan with sadness for Moab, with grief for Kir Heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my insides moan like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-haresh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my bowels sound as a harp for Moab, "" And my inward parts for Kir-Haresh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this my bowels shall sound as a harp for Moab, and my inner parts for the wall of Haresh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore for Moab my heart moans like a lyre, my inmost being for Kir-hareseth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my heart throbs like a harp for Moab, and my very soul for Kir-heres.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my heart shall lament like a harp for Moab, and my soul for the fortified walls which will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, my belly shall speak over Moab like a harp, and my heart for the wall that is destroyed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab, And mine inward parts for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/16-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=3517" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/16.htm">A Prophecy of Moab's Devastation</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>Joy 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. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4578.htm" title="4578: mê·‘ay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Internal organs, inward parts, belly. ">my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1993.htm" title="1993: ye·hĕ·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to make a loud sound like Engl. hum); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.">laments</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: lə·mō·w·’āḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">for Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/3658.htm" title="3658: kak·kin·nō·wr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A lyre. From a unused root meaning to twang; a harp.">like a harp,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: wə·qir·bî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">my inmost being</a> <a href="/hebrew/7025.htm" title="7025: lə·qîr (Prep) -- Or Qiyr Chareseth; from qiyr and cheres; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7025.htm" title="7025: ḥā·reś (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- Or Qiyr Chareseth; from qiyr and cheres; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab.">for Kir-heres.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Jeremiah 48:36</a></span><br />Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></span><br />My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Ezekiel 27:31</a></span><br />They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Lamentations 1:20</a></span><br />See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19</a></span><br />My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a></span><br />Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a></span><br />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 Me; My compassion is stirred!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-9</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31-32</a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. / I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a></span><br />Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2</a></span><br />I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">2 Corinthians 2:4</a></span><br />For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-8.htm">Philippians 1:8</a></span><br />God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-33.htm">John 11:33-35</a></span><br />When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. / “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered. / Jesus wept.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh.</p><p class="hdg">my</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></b></br> My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives <i>shall flee</i> unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a></b></br> Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where <i>is</i> thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19</a></b></br> My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.</p><p class="hdg">Kir-haresh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a></b></br> Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely <i>they are</i> stricken.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Hareseth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Harp</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/judges/8-13.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Kir</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Kir-Hareseth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kirheres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kir-Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kir-He'res</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Moaneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Moans</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/psalms/106-2.htm">Soundeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Hareseth</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-16.htm">Harp</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-7.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Kir</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Kir-Hareseth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Kirheres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Kir-Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Kir-He'res</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Moaneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Moans</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Soundeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-15.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm">Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to the throne of David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Moab is threatened for her pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">The prophet bewails her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp</b><br>The prophet Isaiah expresses deep sorrow for Moab, a neighboring nation of Israel. The use of "heart" indicates a profound emotional response, suggesting empathy and compassion. The harp, an instrument often associated with mourning and lamentation in ancient cultures, underscores the depth of Isaiah's grief. This lamentation reflects God's own sorrow over the judgment that Moab faces, highlighting the divine attribute of compassion even amidst justice. Moab, descended from Lot, had a complex relationship with Israel, often marked by conflict and idolatry. The lamentation can be seen as a call to repentance, echoing the broader biblical theme of God's desire for nations to turn from their ways and seek Him.<p><b>my inmost being for Kir-heres</b><br>Kir-heres, also known as Kir of Moab, was a significant city in Moab, often associated with strength and fortification. The mention of "inmost being" suggests a deep, visceral reaction, indicating that the lament is not superficial but deeply felt. This city was a center of Moabite culture and religion, and its impending destruction symbolizes the downfall of Moab's pride and idolatry. The lament for Kir-heres can be seen as a type of Christ's lament over Jerusalem, where He weeps for the city that would face judgment due to its rejection of Him. This connection emphasizes the consistent biblical theme of God's sorrow over the consequences of sin and His desire for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering God's messages to the people of Judah and surrounding nations, including Moab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel, often in conflict with Israel, yet related through Lot, Abraham's nephew.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kir-hareseth.htm">Kir-hareseth</a></b><br>A significant city in Moab, known for its fortifications and importance in the region.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lament.htm">The Lament</a></b><br>Isaiah expresses deep sorrow and empathy for Moab, indicating a profound emotional response to their impending judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_harp.htm">The Harp</a></b><br>A musical instrument symbolizing the depth and resonance of Isaiah's lament, suggesting a mournful and heartfelt expression.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_for_others.htm">Empathy for Others</a></b><br>Isaiah's lament for Moab teaches us to have compassion for those facing judgment or hardship, even if they are not part of our immediate community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Isaiah were not only messengers of God's judgment but also intercessors who felt deeply for the people they warned.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_lament.htm">The Power of Lament</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical way to process grief and sorrow, allowing us to express our deepest emotions to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>While God is just in His judgments, His heart is also grieved by the consequences of sin, as reflected in Isaiah's lament.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_for_nations.htm">Intercession for Nations</a></b><br>We are called to pray for nations and peoples, seeking God's mercy and intervention in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_marianismo_culturally.htm">What does 'believes in Him will not be shamed' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_moab_sending_lambs_to_judah.htm">Isaiah 16:1 mentions sending lambs as tribute; is there archaeological or historical evidence that Moab actually offered such payments to Judah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_moab's_fall_in_history.htm">Isaiah 16:7 predicts Moab's downfall; are there any historical records or archaeological findings that confirm this specific collapse?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_moab_and_ammon_biblically.htm">Who were Moab and Ammon in biblical history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">My bowels shall sound like an harp . . .</span>--The context leaves it uncertain whether the speaker is the prophet as in <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm" title="Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water you with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for your summer fruits and for your harvest is fallen.">Isaiah 16:9</a>, or Jehovah as in <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm" title="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.">Isaiah 16:10</a>. The former seems, perhaps, the most natural. On the other hand, the very phrase is used of the compassion of Jehovah in <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm" title="Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the sounding of your bowels and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained?">Isaiah 63:15</a>. The "bowels," as in modern language the "heart," were looked on as the seat of the emotions, and as such they vibrate, like the chords of the harp or lyre (<span class= "ital">kinn-r</span>) used at funerals, with the thrills of pity.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> they shall vibrate with thrills of grief (Kay). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/16-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4578.htm">Strong's 4578: </a> </span><span class="str2">The intestines, the abdomen, sympathy, a vest, the stomach, the uterus, the heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">laments</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ye·hĕ·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1993.htm">Strong's 1993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמוֹאָ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a harp,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(kak·kin·nō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3658.htm">Strong's 3658: </a> </span><span class="str2">A harp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my inmost being</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקִרְבִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qir·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for Kir-hareseth.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָֽרֶשׂ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·reś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7025.htm">Strong's 7025: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kir-hareseth -- 'wall of earthenware', a fortified city in Moab</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 16:11 Therefore my heart sounds like a harp (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 16:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 16:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 16:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 16:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>