“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.”
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—the prophet's expression of lamentation for Moab's destruction, with the loss of harvest suggesting loss of livelihood and survival. The personification of the cities and the prophet's tears emphasize identification with the suffering. This verse concludes with the prophet's compassion for the judgment.
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