Isaiah 15:5-9 NIV

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 15:5

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:9

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood ,.... Of the slain, as the Targum adds. This was a river in the land of Moab, as say Jarchi and Kimchi; it had its name from the blood of the slain, Some take it to be the name of a city, and the same with Dibon, Isaiah 15:2 but, because of the abundance of blood shed in it, got this new name; and the Vulgate Latin version here calls it Dibon; and the Syriac version Ribon; and the Arabic version Remmon: for I will bring more upon Dimon ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:5

My heart shall cry out for Moab "The heart of Moab crieth within her" - For לבי libbi , my heart, the Septuagint reads לבו libbo , his heart, or לב leb ; the Chaldee, לבו libbo . For בריחיה bericheyha , the Syriac reads ברוחה berocheh ; and so likewise the Septuagint, rendering it εν αυτῃ , Edit. Vat: or εν ἑαυτῃ , Edit. Alex. and MSS. I., D. II. A heifer of three years old "A young heifer" - Hebrew, a heifer three years old, in full strength; as Horace... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:7

"Shall perish" - אבדו abadu or אבדה abadeh . This word seems to have been lost out of the text: it is supplied by the parallel place, Jeremiah 48:36 . The Syriac expresses it by עבר aber , praeteriit , "he hath passed;" and the Chaldee by יתבזזון yithbazezun , diripientur . To the brook of the willows "To the valley of willows" - That is, to Babylon. Hieron. and Jarchi in loc ., both referring to Psalm 137:2 . So likewise Prideaux, Le Clerc, etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:9

The waters of Dimon - Some have Dibon, others have Ribon and Rimon. St. Jerome observes that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon. The reading is therefore indifferent. Upon him that escapeth of Moab, etc. "Upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah" - The Septuagint for עריה aryeh , read אריאל ariel . Ar Moab was called also Ariel or Areopolis, Hieron. and Theodoret. See Cellarius. They make אדמה Admah , also a proper name. Michaelis thinks that... 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 15:5

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:9

Group of Brands