What does Isaiah 16:11 mean?
Isaiah concludes his oracles against Moab in true sorrow. Many commentators believe this is representative of the sorrow the Lord also felt at bringing judgment on Moab (Ezekiel 33:11). God carried it through because that's what justice and righteousness demanded. But unlike in other oracles, the Lord is not said to be burning with anger or pouring out judgment from His fierce wrath.This judgement will come in three years' time from Isaiah writing his prophecy and the prophet is already mourning (Isaiah 16:14). Poetically, he says that his inner parts, literally meaning his "bowels," moan like a lyre. This would have been a harp-like instrument that can be made to give a moaning sound. He adds that his inner self also moans for Kir-hareseth, identifying Moab once more as the nation's capital.