John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:7
Isa 15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. Ver. 7. Therefore the abundance they have gotten. ] Here the prophet seemeth to tax the covetousness of the Moabites, qui coacervandis thesauris operam dederint, who made it their work to hoard and heap up riches. And that which they have laid up. ] Heb., Their visitation; that is, their treasures, which they often looked upon. Shall they carry away to the... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:6
Isa 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. Ver. 6. For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate. ] What these waters of Nimrim were it doth not appear. Jerome saith that Nimrim is a town near the Dead Sea, where the waters are salt, and the country about it barren; so should the land of Moab now be forlorn and fruitless. read more