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# General Information:
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This continues to describe the land of Moab as one large vineyard ([Isaiah 16:8](../16/08.md)). God describes events that will happen in the future as if they are happening in the present.
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# Indeed I will weep
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In 16:9-10 the word "I" refers to Yahweh.
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# I will water you with my tears
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God speaks of his deep sorrow for these places as if he would cry much and his many tears would fall on them. Alternate translation: "I will cry much for you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Jazer ... Sibmah
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Translate the names of these cities as you did in [Isaiah 16:8](../16/08.md).
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# Heshbon ... Elealeh
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Translate the names of these cities as you did in [Isaiah 15:4](../15/04.md).
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# For on your fields of summer fruits and harvest I have ended the shouts of joy
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The "shouts of joy" represent people shouting for joy about the harvest of their fruit trees. Alternate translation: "Because of what I will do, you will no longer shout for joy when you harvest your fields of summer fruit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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