King James Version
Isaiah 16:11 in the King James Version says “Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.”
Isaiah 16:11 · 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. the shouting: or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Wherefore my bowels”
H4578used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru
“shall sound”
H1993to make a loud sound (like english 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
“and mine inward parts”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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