Isaías 16:7

7 Por tanto Moab gemirá por Moab; todo él gemirá. Por las tortas de pasas de Kir-hareset os lamentaréis, abatidos por completo.

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 Se establecerá en la misericordia un trono, y en él se sentará con fidelidad, en la tienda de David, un juez que busque lo justo y esté presto a la justicia.

6 Hemos oído del orgullo de Moab, un gran orgullo, de su arrogancia, de su altivez y de su furor; son falsas sus vanas jactancias.

7 Por tanto Moab gemirá por Moab; todo él gemirá. Por las tortas de pasas de Kir-hareset os lamentaréis, abatidos por completo.

8 Porque los campos de Hesbón se han marchitado, también las vides de Sibma; los señores de las naciones pisotearon sus mejores racimos, hasta Jazer alcanzaban y se extendían por el desierto; sus sarmientos se extendían y pasaban el mar.

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,