이사야 15:1-9 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:1-5

The country of Moab was of small extent, but very fruitful. It bordered upon the lot of Reuben on the other side Jordan and upon the Dead Sea. Naomi went to sojourn there when there was a famine in Canaan. This is the country which (it is here foretold) should be wasted and grievously harassed, not quite ruined, for we find another prophecy of its ruin (Jer. 48:1-47), which was accomplished by Nebuchadnezzar. This prophecy here was to be fulfilled within three years (Isa. 16:14), and therefore... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:6-9

Here the prophet further describes the woeful and piteous lamentations that should be heard throughout all the country of Moab when it should become a prey to the Assyrian army. ?By this time the cry has gone round about all the borders of Moab,? Isa. 15:8. Every corner of the country has received the alarm, and is in the utmost confusion upon it. It has reached to Eglaim, a city at one end of the country, and to Beer-elim, a city as far the other way. Where sin has been general, and all flesh... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab ,.... A heavy, grievous prophecy, concerning the destruction of Moab. The Targum is, "the burden of the cup of cursing, to give Moab to drink.' This seems to respect the destruction of it by Nebuchadnezzar, which is prophesied of in Jeremiah 48:1 for that which was to be within three years, Isaiah 16:14 looks like another and distinct prophecy from this; though some think this was accomplished before the times of Nebuchadnezzar, either by Shalmaneser king of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:2

He is gone up to Bajith ,.... That is, Moab; the king or people of Moab, particularly the inhabitants of the above cities. Bajith signifies house; and here a house of idolatry, as Kimchi interprets it; it was an idol's temple, very likely the temple of their god Chemosh, the same which is called Bethbaalmeon, Joshua 13:17 "the house of Baal's habitation", and is mentioned with Dibon and Bamoth, as here; hither the Moabites went in their distress, to lament their case, ask advice, make... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they shall girt themselves with sackcloth ,.... Instead of their fine clothes, with which they had used to deck themselves, being a very proud people; see Isaiah 16:6 this was usual in times of distress on any account, as well as a token of mourning for the dead; see Joel 1:8 . The word for "streets" might be rendered "villages", as distinct from cities, that were "without" the walls of the cities, though adjacent to them; and the rather, seeing mention is made of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:4

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh ,.... Two other cities in the land of Moab. The first of these was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who took it from the Moabites, Numbers 21:25 it came into the hands of the Reubenites, Numbers 32:3 and afterwards was again possessed by the Moabites, Jeremiah 48:2 . Josephus F20 Antiqu. l. 13. c. 15. sect. 4. calls it Essebon, and mentions it among the cities of Moab; it goes by the name of Esbuta in Ptolemy F21 Geograph. l. 5. c.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:5

My heart shall cry out for Moab ,.... These seem to be the words of the prophet, pitying them as they were fellow creatures, though enemies; which shows humanity in him, and signifies that their calamities were very great, that a stranger should be concerned for them, and such to whom they had been troublesome; so Jarchi understands it, who observes the difference between the true and false prophet, particularly between Isaiah and Balaam; but others, as Kimchi, interpret it of the Moabites... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:6

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate ,.... Or dried up, through a great drought that should come upon the land at this time; or being defiled with the blood of the slain, as Jarchi: it may denote the well watered pastures about Nimrim, that should become the forage of the enemy, and be trodden under foot by its army, or be forsaken by the proprietors of them. Josephus F13 De Bello Jud. l. 7. c. 6. sect. 3. Ed. Hudson. speaks of fountains of hot water springing up in the country... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up ,.... The great substance which the Moabites had got, and hoarded up: shall they carry away to the brook of the willows ; either the Moabites should carry their substance to some brook, it may be near Nimrim, where many willows grew, and cast it into the brook, or lay it by the brook side, in some private place, or under and among the willows, to preserve it from the enemy; or else the meaning is, that their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:8

For the cry is gone found about the borders of Moab ,.... The cry of destruction and howling because of it; the places mentioned, as is observed by some, being upon the borders of the land. Heshbon was on the north east, Elealeh on the north west, Jahaz on the south west, Horonaim further west, Zoar the utmost west, and the places following seem to be upon the borders likewise: the howling thereof unto Eglaim ; which word signifies a border, and so the Arabic word Agalon; some take it to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:6-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:8

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