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Isaiah 16:7
ESV Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
NIV Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
NASB Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken.
CSB Therefore let Moab wail; let every one of them wail for Moab. You who are completely devastated, mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
NLT The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth. They are all gone now.
KJV Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

What does Isaiah 16:7 mean?

Judah's response to Moab's request for shelter seems to be a direct "no" (Isaiah 16:6). This answer seems like a response to the Moabite arrogance and audacity demonstrated before the attacks came and laid waste to their cities. It is the Lord who is bringing this judgment in the first place. The Moabites' destroyers were likely the Assyrians.

The prophet now bluntly says to let Moab worry about Moab's hardship: they can cry for themselves. Separately, others can mourn for the tragedy and loss being inflicted. Taken out of context, the command to grieve the loss of raisin cakes seems absurd. How could food compare to the loss of life and homes and all the displaced refugees? On the other hand, to be overwhelmed by a sense of loss for common comforts is often the trigger which opens the floodgate of mourning. Raisin cakes were small blocks of pressed fruit commonly eaten in the surrounding nations.

The notable absence of raisin cakes fits perfectly with the metaphor of the grape vines Isaiah describes in the following verses (Isaiah 16:8–10).
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