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Why my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
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The Language of Deep Grief
Commentators explain that the phrase 'my bowels' or 'inward parts' was the ancient way of referring to the seat of deep emotions, much like we use the word 'heart.' The prophet's grief is so profound it feels like the vibrating, mournful strings of a harp, an instrument often used in funeral dirges. This visceral language makes the sorrow over Moab's fate tangible and intense.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore my bowels - This is also an expression of the deep grief of the prophet because of the calamities which were coming upon Moab. The…
19th Century
Anglican
My bowels shall sound like an harp ... — The context leaves it uncertain whether the speaker is the prophet as in Isaiah …
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab. Assuming the character of a Moabite, the Prophet again describes excessive lamentati…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab Making a noise as the harp does, and a mournful one as that, wh…
Those who will not be counseled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatsoever. Also, the very proud are common…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Send forth, O Lord, the lamb. Here he describes the state of their punishment, and he sets out two conditions:
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