John Calvin Complete Commentary - Isaiah 16:11

John Calvin Complete Commentary - Isaiah 16:11 - 16:11

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John Calvin Complete Commentary - Isaiah 16:11 - 16:11

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16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:4 - 16:4
16:5 - 16:5
16:6 - 16:6
16:7 - 16:7
16:8 - 16:8
16:9 - 16:9
16:10 - 16:10
16:11 - 16:11
16:12 - 16:12
16:13 - 16:13
16:14 - 16:14

11.Therefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab. Assuming the character of a Moabite, the Prophet again describes excessive lamentation, proceeding from grief so intense that even the bowels make a distressing noise; for by the sign he intended to point out the reality. We have formerly explained the object of those lively descriptions, which is, to bring the events, as it were, before our eyes, and to lead us to entertain stronger hopes of those things which appear to go beyond all belief. By again naming Kir-Hareseth, the chief city, and thus taking a part for the whole, he describes the destruction of the whole country.