Isa 16:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. bowels —in Scripture the seat of yearning compassion. It means the inward seat of emotion, the heart, &c. ( ; compare ). sound . . . harp —as its strings vibrate when beaten with the plectrum or hand.

Isaiah 16:11

11. bowels—in Scripture the seat of yearning compassion. It means the inward seat of emotion, the heart, &c. (Isa 63:15; compare Isa 15:5; Jer 48:36).

sound . . . harp—as its strings vibrate when beaten with the plectrum or hand.