Isaiah 16:10
ESV
And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field, and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no cheers are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; I have put an end to the shouting.
NIV
Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.
NASB
Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.
CSB
Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting.
NLT
Gone now is the gladness, gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses. I have ended all their harvest joys.
KJV
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
NKJV
Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful field; In the vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease.
What does Isaiah 16:10 mean?
Isaiah is mourning the end of the annual grape harvest in the fields around Heshbon in northern Moab. The Lord has prophesied what will come after judgment falls on Moab (Isaiah 15). The invasion will bring loss of life, homes, and even lost cities. The prophet, though, cries for the loss of the joyful season of the harvest (Isaiah 16:9).In September or October, the people would literally camp in the fields together as families to help with the harvest. It would be a time of bringing the whole community together to work and celebrate. The people would sing and raise cheers and shout out to each other. For some, it was the highlight of the year. Isaiah cries because God states, "I have put an end to the shouting." The vines will wither, and the fields will be silent. In a way, Isaiah's sorrow at desolation is almost more poignant than the shocking violence that caused the waters of Dibon to be full of blood (Isaiah 15:9).
