Komentarz do Izajasza 16:9

I will weep with the weeping of Jazer Jonathan paraphrases: As I brought camps upon Jazer, so will I bring killers upon Sibmah, and, according to the wording of the verse, the prophet states: Similar to the lamentations of Jazer, I have to lament over you, the vine of Sibmah.

I will bewail. These are the words which every Moabite will speak.

I will be sated over you with my tears Heb. אַרְיָוֶךְ, I will be sated over you. There are some words that serve as two words. Comp. (Jer. 10:20) “My children went out of me (יְצֵאוּנִי)”; (Jos. 15:19) “A dry land you have given to me (נְתַתָּנִי)”; (Gen. 37:4) “To speak to him (דַּבְּרוֹ) peacefully.”

Sibma. Name of a place; supply על for.²¹Before נפן For the vine of Sibma.

your figs Heb. (קִיצֵךְ), the figs that are dried out in the summer.

אריוך I will water thee. An irregular form; י is instead of ו, and ו instead of ה; the pronominal suffix of the second person refers to Heshbon, the largest province of Moab.

a shout the noise of robbers and spoilers.

קיצך Thy summer fruit. Thy fruit of the summer (קַיִץ).

הידד Hedad. A word used by those that stamp and trample about, causing damage to the fruits and the com while they are still fresh.²²According to I. E. קיץ and קציר denote here the fruits and corn, while not yet fit for the press and threshing floor; and Hedad, an interjection uttered by people running and trampling about, indicates therefore the destruction of the harvest caused by the hostile armies; but Hedad in the next verse accompanying the treading and pressing of the grapes in the wine-press, is the cause of rejoicing to the owner of the vineyard.