Isaiah 16:9

Isaiah 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
• New International Version (NIV)So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. Heshbon and Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, With the weeping of Jazer; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For battle cries have fallen Over your summer fruits and your harvest.

Context of Isaiah 16:9

7Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth. 8For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choice vines that reached as far as Jazer and spread to the desert. Their shoots spread out and reached the sea. So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. 10Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting. 11Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

Isaiah 16:9 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּבְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֔ה אֲרַיָּ֙וֶךְ֙ דִּמְעָתִ֔י חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וְאֶלְעָלֵ֑ה כִּ֧י עַל־קֵיצֵ֛ךְ וְעַל־קְצִירֵ֖ךְ הֵידָ֥ד נָפָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore I will bewailבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• with the weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• of Jazerיַעְזֵרya‛ăzêyr ya‛zêr · JazerH3270
• the vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• of Sibmahשְׂבָםώebâm ώibmâh · SibmahH7643
• I will waterרָוָהrâvâh · to quenchH7301
• thee with my tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• O Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• and Elealehאֶלְעָלֵא'el‛âlê' 'el‛âlêh · ElealehH500
• for the shoutingהֵידָדhêydâd · shoutH1959
• for thy summer fruitsקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• and for thy harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• is fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Isaiah 16:9

• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out over Moab, whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; they go up the Ascent of Luhith weeping; they raise a cry of destruction on the road to Horonaim.
• Jeremiah 48:32I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah, with more than the weeping for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they have reached to the sea and to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.
• Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people have rejoiced before you as they rejoice at harvest time and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.
• Judges 9:27So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
• Jeremiah 40:10As for me, I am going to live in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have captured.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 16:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9With the weeping "As with the weeping" - For בבכי bibechi, a MS. reads בכי bechi . In Jeremiah 48:32, it is מבכי mibbechi . The Septuagint read כבכי kibeki, as with weeping, which I follow. For thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen "And upon thy vintage the destroyer hath fallen" - נפל הידד קצירך ועל veal ketsirech heidad naphal . In these few words there are two great mistakes, which the text of Jeremiah 48:32; rectifies. For קצירך ketsirech…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Therefore, I will bewail - So great is the desolation that I, the prophet, will lament it, though it belongs to another nation than mine own. The expression indicates that the calamity will be great (see the note at Isaiah 15:5). With the weeping of Jazer - That is, I will pour out the same lamentation for the vine of Sibmah which I do for Jazer; implying that it would be deep and bitter sorrow (see Jeremiah 48:32). I will water thee with my tears…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever. Also, the very proud are commonly very passionate. With lies many seek to gain the gratification of pride and passion, but they shall not compass proud and angry projects. Moab was famous for fields and vineyards; but they shall be laid waste by the invading army. God can soon turn laughter into mourning, and joy into heaviness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-11The response to Moab’s request for asylum (Isaiah 16:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. I--will bewail for its desolation, though I belong to another nation (see on Is 15:5). with ... weeping of Jazer--as Jazer weeps. shouting for ... fallen--rather, "Upon thy summer fruits and upon thy luxuriant vines the shouting (the battle shout, instead of the joyous shout of the grape-gatherers, usual at the vintage) is fallen" (Is 16:10; Jr 25:30; 51:14). In the parallel passage (Jr 48:32) the words substantially express the same sense. "The…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 16:9

• Elealeh
• Grape
• Sibmah
• Summer
• War

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Elealeh
• Grind
• Jaazer
• Outcast
• Sibmah
• Treader
• Vine
• Arnon
• Canon of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Isaiah 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings