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isaiah 16:11

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Isaiah 16:11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Isaiah 16:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 16:11

Theological / Devotional

Bowels. Considered by the Hebrews to be the seat of the emotions (see on Gen. 43:30). Here the emotions are pictured as vibrating like the plaintive chords of a lyre sounding a funeral dirge. The prophet sympathizes with the people against whom he testifies.

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