Isaiah 16:10
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- KJV
- And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
- WEB
- Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.
- ASV
- And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.
- DARBY
- And joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry [of the winepress] to cease.
- BLB
- And gladness and rejoicing are gathered up from the field of planting, and in the vineyards there is no singing, and no shouting, [and] the wine in the presses, the treader does not tread; their shouting I have made cease.
- ÅB
- Og glede og fryd tas bort fra frukthavene, og i vingårdene lyder ingen frydesang, intet jubelrop; ingen treder vin i persekarene; frydeskriket[^4] gjør jeg ende på.
- OTB
- Glede og fryd er fjernet fra frukthagene; i vingårdene er det ingen sang eller jubelrop; ingen tråkker ut vin i pressene, for jeg har stilnet ropene.
- B1930
- Og glede og fryd tas bort fra frukthavene, og i vingårdene lyder ingen frydesang, intet jubelrop; ingen treder vin i persekarene; frydeskriket gjør jeg ende på. / < over en fruktbar høst.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 48:33
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Read in contextAmos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Read in contextAmos 5:17
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
Read in contextJudges 9:27
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:17–18
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Read in contextIsaiah 24:7–9
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Read in contextJob 24:11
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:10
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Read in context