Isaías 16:11

11 Por eso mis entrañas vibran por Moab como un arpa, y mi interior por Kir-hareset.

Isaías 16:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 16:11

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. For these words, as Kimchi says, are spoken in the language of the Moabites; those that survived lamenting the desolate state of their country, which must be very great and affecting; and to show that it was so is the design of the prophet's expressing himself after this manner; for if it was painful to him, it must be much more so to them; so the Targum,

``wherefore the bowels of the Moabites shall sound as a harp;''

of the sounding of the bowels, see ( Isaiah 63:15 ) ( Jeremiah 4:9 ) : and mine inward parts for Kirharesh:
the same with Kirhareseth, ( Isaiah 16:7 ) which being a principal city, the destruction of it was greatly laid to heart. The Targum is,

``and their heart shall grieve for the men of the city of their strength;''

it being a strong city, in which they placed their confidence; but being destroyed, and the inhabitants of it, it was very affecting, to which agrees ( Jeremiah 48:31 ) .

Isaías 16:11 In-Context

9 Por eso lloraré amargamente por Jazer, por la viña de Sibma; te bañaré con mis lágrimas, oh Hesbón y Eleale, porque sobre tus frutos de verano y sobre tu cosecha se ha extinguido el clamor,

10 y se han retirado la alegría y el regocijo del campo fértil. En las viñas nadie canta de júbilo ni grita de alegría. No pisa vino en los lagares el pisador, pues he hecho cesar el clamor.

11 Por eso mis entrañas vibran por Moab como un arpa, y mi interior por Kir-hareset.

12 Y sucederá que cuando Moab se presente, cuando se fatigue sobre su lugar alto, y venga a su santuario para orar, no prevalecerá.

13 Esta es la palabra que el SEÑOR habló antes acerca de Moab.