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Isa 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

shall Moab		Isa 15:2-5; Jer 48:20
Kir-hareseth		Isa 16:11; Isa 15:1; 2Ki 3:25
mourn		or, mutter. Isa 8:19

Correlating Passages

shall Moab

	Isa 15:2	He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.
	Isa 15:3	In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
	Isa 15:4	And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
	Isa 15:5	My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
	Jer 48:20	Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

Kir-hareseth

	Isa 16:11	Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
	Isa 15:1	The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;
	2Ki 3:25	And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.

mourn

Isa 8:19

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 16:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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