Jesaja 16:11

11 Daarom rommelt mijn ingewand over Moab, als een harp, en mijn binnenste over Kir-heres.

Jesaja 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 ) .

Jesaja 16:11 In-Context

9 Daarom beween ik, in de wening over Jaezer, den wijnstok van Sibma, ik maak u doornat met mijn tranen, o Hesbon en Eleale! want het vreugdegeschrei over uw zomervruchten en over uw oogst is gevallen;

10 Alzo dat de blijdschap en vrolijkheid weggenomen is van het vruchtbare veld, en in de wijngaarden wordt niet gezongen, noch enig gejuich gemaakt; de druiven treder treedt geen wijn uit in de wijnbakken, ik heb het vreugdegeschrei doen ophouden.

11 Daarom rommelt mijn ingewand over Moab, als een harp, en mijn binnenste over Kir-heres.

12 En het zal geschieden, als men zien zal, dat Moab vermoeid is geworden op de hoogten, dan zal hij in zijn heiligdom gaan om te aanbidden, maar hij zal niet vermogen.

13 Dit is het woord, dat de HEERE tegen Moab gesproken heeft, van toen af.