Bible verse

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

Isaiah 16:11 · BSB

Isaiah 16:11 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 16.

7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.

9 So I weep with Jazer 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.

10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

11 Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

13 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.

14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

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Isaiah 16:11 in other translations

KJV

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

ASV

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

ERV

Wherefore my bowels sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

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