Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 16:8
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Isaiah16:8
8. fields--vine-fields (De 32:32).
vine of Sibmah--near Heshbon: namely, languishes.
lords of ... heathen--The heathen princes, the Assyrians, &c., who invaded Moab, destroyed his vines. So Jeremiah in the parallel place (Jr 48:32, 33). Maurer thinks the following words require rather the rendering, "Its (the vine of Sibmah) shoots (the wines got from them) overpowered (by its generous flavor and potency) the lords of the nations" (Ge 49:11, 12, 22).
come ... Jazer--They (the vine shoots) reached even to Jazer, fifteen miles from Heshbon.
wandered--They overran in wild luxuriance the wilderness of Arabia, encompassing Moab.
the sea--the Dead Sea; or else some lake near Jazer now dry; in Jr 48:32 called "the sea of Jazer"; but see on Jr 48:32 (Psa 80:8-11).
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