Isaiah 16:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

Isaiah 16:7 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:25
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
1 Chronicles 16:3
And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 15:1-5
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; …

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Haughtiness Heart Kir-Haraseth Presumption Pride

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-14)

Here we have, I. The sins with which Moab is charged, Isa. 16:6. The prophet seems to check himself for going about to give good counsel to the Moabites, concluding they would not take the advice he gave them. He told them their duty (whether they would hear or whether they would forbear), but despairs of working any good upon them; he would have healed them, but they would not be healed. Those th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. Therefore--all hope of being allowed shelter by the Jews being cut off. foundations--that is, “ruins”; because, when houses are pulled down, the “foundations” alone are left (Is 58:12). Jeremiah, in the parallel place (Jr 48:31), renders it “men,” who are the moral foundations or stay of a city. Kirhareseth--literally, “a citadel of brick.” surely they are stricken--rather, joined with “mourn”;…