Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 16:10

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 16:10

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 16:10

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"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." — Isaiah 16:10 (ASV)

Out of the plentiful field. —Literally, out of the Carmel, one of Isaiah’s favourite words, as in Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 29:17. The word for “shouting” is the hedad of the previous verse. In the words, “I have made ... Jehovah speaks, declaring that the work of desolation, though carried out by human hands, is nevertheless His. The prophet, while he weeps in true human pity, is taught not to forget that the desolation is a righteous punishment.