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10 And joy and gladness are[a] taken away from the fruitful land,
    and in the vineyards no one exults,
no one shouts for joy;
    no treader treads wine in the presses;
    I have put to an end to the jubilant shout.
11 Therefore my heart moans[b] like a harp for Moab
    and my inner parts for Kir-heres.

12 And this shall happen:

when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place
    and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:10 The Hebrew is singular
  2. Isaiah 16:11 Literally “intestines moan,”; in Hebrew, the “intestines” are the seat of the emotions, which would correspond to the “heart” in English