Isaías 16:11

11 El clamor de mi corazón por Moab es como el lamento de un arpa;
estoy lleno de angustia 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 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.

10 Se acabó la alegría;
desapareció el gozo de la cosecha.
No habrá cantos en los viñedos
ni más gritos felices,
ni se pisarán las uvas en los lagares.
Yo puse fin a la alegría por sus cosechas.

11 El clamor de mi corazón por Moab es como el lamento de un arpa;
estoy lleno de angustia por Kir-hareset.

12 El pueblo de Moab rendirá culto en sus santuarios paganos,
pero no le servirá de nada.
Clamará a los dioses en sus templos,
pero nadie lo podrá salvar.

13 El Señor
ya ha dicho estas cosas acerca de Moab en el pasado.