Isaiah 16:6-12

Expanded Bible

⁶ We have heard that the people of Moab are proud
    and very conceited.
They are very proud and angry,
    but their bragging ·means nothing [is empty].
⁷ So ·the people of Moab will cry [^LMoab wails for Moab];
    they will all ·be sad [wail].
They will ·moan and groan [or mourn, utterly stricken]
    for the raisin cakes [^Cperhaps associated with pagan ritual (Hos. 3:1); also known as an aphrodisiac (Song 2:5)] they had in Kir Hareseth.
⁸ But the fields of Heshbon ·cannot grow grapes [wither; dry up; ^Llanguish];
    and the vines of Sibmah dry up;
    ·foreign rulers [^Llords of the nations] have ·destroyed [struck down] the ·grapevines [choice plants].
The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert;
    they had spread as far as the sea [^Cprobably the Dead Sea].
⁹ I ·cry [weep] with the people of Jazer
    for the grapevines of Sibmah.
I will ·cry with the [or drench you with tears, you] people of Heshbon and Elealeh.
·There will be no shouts of joy,
    because there will be no harvest or ripe fruit [or Your enemies shout for joy over your fruit and harvest].
¹⁰ There will be no joy and happiness in the orchards
    and no songs or shouts of joy in the vineyards.
No one ·makes [treads/stomps out] wine in the winepresses,
    because I have put an end to shouts of joy.
¹¹ My ·heart cries [inner parts moan/sigh] for Moab like a ·harp playing a funeral song [^Lharp];
    ·I am very sad [^Lmy inner being] for Kir Hareseth.
¹² The people of Moab will ·go to their places of worship [^Lappear and grow weary at their high places]
    and will try to pray.
But when they go to their temple to pray,
    they will not be able.