Isaiah 16:11 “Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for K…”

Isaiah 16:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore, my bowels shall sounde like an harpe for Moab, and mine inwarde partes for Ker-haresh.

Darby Translation

Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.

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Cross references

“my”

Isaiah 15:5 Isaiah 63:15 Jeremiah 48:36 Hosea 11:8 Philippians 2:1 Jeremiah 31:20

Isaiah 15:5 · BSB

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

Isaiah 63:15 · BSB

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

Jeremiah 48:36 · BSB

Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

Hosea 11:8 · BSB

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

Philippians 2:1 · BSB

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Jeremiah 31:20 · BSB

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Joy 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.

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

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