For the vineyards of Heshbon are cut down, and the vine of Sibmah: [a]the lords of the heathen have broken the principal vines thereof: they are come unto [b]Jazer: they wandered in the wilderness: her goodly branches stretched out themselves, and went over the sea.

Therefore will [c]I weep with the weeping of Jazer, and of the vine of Sibmah, O Heshbon: and Elealeh, I will make thee drunk with my tears, because upon thy summer fruits, and upon thy harvest [d]a shouting is fallen.

10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field: and in the vineyards shall be no singing nor shouting for joy: the treader shall not tread wine in the wine presses: I have caused the rejoicing to cease.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:8 That is, the Assyrians and other enemies.
  2. Isaiah 16:8 Meaning, that the country of Moab was now destroyed, and all the precious things thereof were carried into the borders, yea into other countries, and over the sea.
  3. Isaiah 16:9 He showeth that their plague was so great, that it would have moved any man to lament with them, as Ps. 141:5.
  4. Isaiah 16:9 The enemies are come upon thee, and shout for joy, when they carry thy commodities from thee, as Jer. 48:33.

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