Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, proud ekceedingly; his proudness, and his pride, and his wrath; not so are his boastings.

7 Therefore Moab shall howl for Moab, altogether shall he howl; for the raisin cakes of Kir-haresheth shall ye mourn, utterly smltten.

8 For the ﬁelds of Heshbon languish; the vine of Sibmah, the lords of nations struck down her choice plants; they reached unto Jazer, they strayed into the wilderness; her offshoots spread abroad, they went over the Sea.

9 Therefore I will weep with theweeping of Jazer (for) the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, OHeshbon and Elealeh; for on thy summer fruit and on thy harvest shouting is fallen.

[*](4. So, altering vowel-points. Heb. text, ‘Let my outcasts, Moab, dwell with ’)[*](6. ‘not so,’ i.e. unreal,)[*](7. Less probably, ‘foundations of Kir-haresheth.)[*](8. Some render: ‘her choice plants struck down the lords,’ c. of drunkenness).)

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10 And taken away is joy, and gladness, from the garden land; and iri the vineyards there is no singing, no calling; the treader treadeth no wine in the presses; I have made shouting to cease.

11 Therefore my bowels shall sound like the harp for Moab, and mine inward. parts for Kir-hares.