He: i.e. Moab. Dibon. Now Dhiban. Numbers 21:30 ; Numbers 32:3 , Numbers 32:34 , Numbers 33:46 , Numbers 33:46 . Joshua 13:9 , Joshua 13:17 . Nebo. Now Jebel Neba in Moab, overlooking the Jordan Valley. Medeba. Same name to-day. Compare Numbers 21:30 . Joshua 13:9 , Joshua 13:16 ; 1 Chronicles 19:7 . read more
their streets = his (i.e. Moab's) open streets. weeping abundantly = coming down with weeping. read more
Heshbon. Now Heshoan. The capital of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reuben (Numbers 32:37 ). cry = cry in pain. Elealeh. Nowel' Al, near Heshbon. Compare Isaiah 16:9 . Numbers 32:3 , Numbers 32:37 . Jeremiah 48:34 . Jahaz. Not identified. Numbers 21:23 .Deuteronomy 2:32 .Judges 11:20 . armed soldiers = light-armed troopers. cry out = shout for joy. ife = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . grievous unto him = vexed within him. read more
Zoar . Now (probably) Tell esh Shaghur. not him that wandereth. Deuteronomy 34:3 .Jeremiah 48:34 . an heifer = [flee] like an heifer , &c. Compare Jeremiah 48:34 . mounting up = ascent. Luhith. Now Tel'at el Heith ; one mile west of Mount Nebo. Compare Jeremiah 48:5 Horonaim. Not identified; probably Wady Ghueir . read more
Nimrim. Probably Wady Nimrim , near south end of Dead Sea. desolate = desolations. read more
brook of the willows: or valley of the Arabians. Probably the Wady-el-Ahsy separating Kerek from Djebal, or the brook Zered of Deuteronomy 2:13 , Deuteronomy 2:14 . read more
Eglaim. Not identified; probably the En-eglaim of Ezekiel 47:10 . read more
Dimon. Probably Umm Deineh , east of the Dead Sea. Dimon. blood. Note Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. Dimon . dam . more = more [howlings]. lions = a lion. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all wild beasts. read more
We shall treat Isaiah 15 and Isaiah 16 together, both of them being devoted entirely to the "Burden of Moab." All of the commentators speak of the difficulties connected with interpreting this prophecy, but despite many questions that remain without certain answers, the overall picture is clear enough. The doom of Moab is announced, first by quoting a prophecy that Isaiah (perhaps) had already written, and then pinpointing the fulfillment of it within an exact period of only three years... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 15:1
burden. The first of the seven burdens. Because = Surely. Moab. Had been subdued by Saul (1 Samuel 14:47 ) and David (2 Samuel 8:2 ); and paid tribute to Ahab ( 2Ki 1:1 ; 2 Kings 3:4 , 2 Kings 3:5 ). Ar = Rabbah (Numbers 21:28 ; Deuteronomy 2:9 , Deuteronomy 2:18 , Deuteronomy 2:29 ). brought to silence = cut off or destroyed. read more