Isaiah 16:11 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

עַל־כֵּן֙ מֵעַ֣י לְמוֹאָ֔ב כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ וְקִרְבִּ֖י לְקִ֥יר חָֽרֶשׂ׃

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

Rashi on Isaiah

shall moan in lamentation.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Wherefore my heart, etc. These are not the words of the prophet, but of the Moabites, whom the prophet represents as speaking.
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