Yesaya 16:11

16:11 So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, ¹ 

my inner being sighs ²  for Kir Hareseth. ³ 

Yesaya 22:4

22:4 So I say:

“Don’t look at me! ⁴ 

I am weeping bitterly.

Don’t try ⁵  to console me

concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.” ⁶ 

Yesaya 32:13

32:13 Mourn ⁷  over the land of my people,

which is overgrown with thorns and briers,

and over all the once-happy houses ⁸ 

in the city filled with revelry. ⁹ 

[16:11]  ¹ tn Heb “so my intestines sigh for Moab like a harp.” The word מֵעַי (me’ay, “intestines”) is used here of the seat of the emotions. English idiom requires the word “heart.” The point of the comparison to a harp is not entirely clear. Perhaps his sighs of mourning resemble a harp in sound, or his constant sighing is like the repetitive strumming of a harp.

[16:11]  ² tn The verb is supplied in the translation; “sighs” in the preceding line does double duty in the parallel structure.

[16:11]  ³ tn Heb “Kir Heres” (so ASV, NRSV, TEV, CEV), a variant name for “Kir Hareseth” (see v. 7).

[22:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “look away from me” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “don’t hurry” (so NCV).

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.

[32:13]  ⁷ tn “Mourn” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.

[32:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “indeed, over all the houses of joy.” It is not certain if this refers to individual homes or to places where parties and celebrations were held.

[32:13]  ⁹ sn This same phrase is used in 22:2.