Isaías 16:7

7 Toda la tierra de Moab llora;
sí, todos se lamentan en Moab
por los pasteles de pasas de Kir-hareset.
Ya no queda ninguno.

Isaías 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 16:7

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab
One Moabite shall mourn for another; the living for the dead; or one part of the country for another; or to Moab, they shall howl in turns, answering to one another: everyone shall howl:
every Moabite, or the whole country of Moab shall howl, being everywhere desolate: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn: surely [they
are] stricken;
this was a very principal city in the land of Moab, and a very strong one, see ( 2 Kings 3:25 ) . It signifies, according to some, "the city of the sun", so called, it may be, because the sun was worshipped here; or, according to others, "the earthen city", or "city of brick", because its houses and walls were made of brick; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the walls of burnt brick". Now this strong city was to be razed even to the foundations, so that these would be discovered, which would occasion mourning to its inhabitants, and those of other places. Kimchi interprets "the foundations", of the great men and princes of Moab, see ( Jeremiah 48:31 ) so the Targum,

``and they shall howl over the men of the city of their strength;''

R. Jonah, of the men of the army, the foundation of the kingdom; so Ben Melech. The word translated "foundations" signifies also flagons or bottles, and so Aben Ezra and Abendana understand it here; and accordingly the words may be thus rendered, "for the bottles of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily they are broken" ^F4; this agrees with the signification of the word in ( Hosea 3:1 ) ( Song of Solomon 2:5 ) and with what follows, concerning the vine of Sibmah; the reason of the mourning seems to be, that there would be no wine, and the bottles would lie useless, and be broken.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (yvyval) "de lagenis Kir-hareseth gemetis, ubique confractae sunt", De Dieu; "propter dolia Cir-hareseth gemetis"; so some in Vatablus.

Isaías 16:7 In-Context

5 Dios establecerá como rey a uno de los descendientes de David.
Él reinará con misericordia y verdad;
hará siempre lo que es justo
y estará deseoso de hacer lo correcto.

6 Hemos oído hablar del soberbio Moab,
de su orgullo, de su arrogancia y de su furia;
pero todo su alarde ha desaparecido.

7 Toda la tierra de Moab llora;
sí, todos se lamentan en Moab
por los pasteles de pasas de Kir-hareset.
Ya no queda ninguno.

8 Las granjas de Hesbón están abandonadas;
los viñedos de Sibma están desiertos.
Los gobernantes de las naciones han quebrantado a Moab,
esa vid tan hermosa.
Sus zarcillos se extendían hacia el norte hasta la ciudad de Jazer
y trepaban hacia el oriente hasta entrar en el desierto.
Sus sarmientos se extendían tan lejos hacia el occidente
que cruzaban por encima del mar Muerto.

9 Así que ahora lloro por Jazer y por los viñedos de Sibma;
mis lágrimas correrán por Hesbón y Eleale.
Ya no hay gritos de júbilo
por sus frutos de verano y sus cosechas.