Isaiah 15:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:1-2

‘The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, It is brought to nought. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste. It is brought to nought. He is gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab howls over Nebo, And over Medeba. On all their heads is baldness, Every beard is cut off.’ In chapter 14 Isaiah ended with the approaching dust clouds of the Assyrian army, and the failing hearts of the Philistines. Now he moves on to their actual approach on one of the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:1-9

Isaiah 15:1-1 Samuel : . The Overthrow of Moab.— A sudden catastrophe has overwhelmed Ar ( Numbers 21:15 *) and Kir in one night. The daughter (read bath for Bayith; cf. Jeremiah 48:18) of Dibon ( Numbers 21:30 *) has gone up to the high places to lament; everywhere are signs of mourning. The cry of distress is heard from Heshbon ( Numbers 21:25 *) and Elealeh ( Numbers 32:37 *) in Jahaz ( Numbers 21:23 *). The fugitives ( mg.) flee to Zoar ( Genesis 19:22 *) and the third Eglath. They... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab; a prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites, the inveterate and implacable enemies of the Jews, begun by the Assyrian, and finished by the Babylonian emperors. In the night; or, in a night; suddenly and unexpectedly; for men sleep securely in the night, and therefore the evils which then overtake them are most terrible to them. Ar; the chief city of Moab, Numbers 21:28; Deuteronomy 2:9. Brought to silence; or rather, is cut off, as the word oft signifies, as Jeremiah 47:5;... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 15:1

Moab This "burden" had a precursive fulfilment in Sennacherib's invasion, B.C. 704, three years after the prediction Isaiah 16:14 but the words have a breadth of meaning which includes also the final world-battle. ((See Scofield "Isaiah 16:14- :") , Isaiah 16:1-5 which is a continuation of this "burden," shows the "tabernacle of David" set up, the next event in order after the destruction of the Beast and his armies. Cf. the order in ; Isaiah 10:28-34; Isaiah 11:1-10 ; Acts 15:14-17; Revelation... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 15:1-9

Chapter 15Now in chapter 15, he turns his attention against Moab, that area that lies just east of the Jordan and of the Dead Sea. And he begins to speak of the destruction of Moab and of some of the major cities in Moab. The cities that are destroyed at night.Ar is laid waste, and brought to silence; Kir is laid waste, and brought to silence ( Isaiah 15:1 );And these other cities, Bajith and Dibon, and so forth. Howling then over the mountains. Mount Nebo and Medeba, which is just east and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 15:1-9

Isaiah 15:1 . The burden of Moab. Joshua had spared this nation by divine command, being, as descendants of Lot, relatives of the Hebrews. Deuteronomy 2:9. But they made no returns: Eglon king of Moab oppressed them for eighteen years. Josephus remarks, that when the affairs of the Israelites were prosperous the Moabites claimed kindred with them, but disowned them in times of adversity. Moab had now dwelt at ease from her youth; partial wars had not destroyed her cities. At length her... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 15:1-9

Isaiah 15:1-9The harden of MoabThe Moabite stoneFrom the inscription of Mesha (c. 900 B.C.), found at Dibon in 1869, and commonly known as the “Moabite stone,” we learn that the Moabites spoke a language differing only dialectically from Hebrew; and it is probable also that, in matters of material prosperity and civilisation, Moab stood hardly upon an inferior level to Israel itself. (Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)The prophet’s pity for MoabThere is no prophecy in the Book of Isaiah in which the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:1

Isa 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; Ver. 1. The burden of Moab. ] A "burden," saith Jerome, ever betokeneth sad things to follow. A "vision" doth joyful, at last howsoever. The Chaldee paraphraseth thus: The burden of a cup of cursing for Moab to drink off. Moab was the brat of an incestuous birth, as his name also, De Patre, declareth. There is now no... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 15:1

burden: This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing - Isaiah 14:28-Jonah :, in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel. Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 14:28 Moab: Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 48:1-2 Corinthians :, Ezekiel 25:8-1 Kings :, Amos 2:1-Leviticus :, Zephaniah 2:8-1 Kings : in the: Exodus 12:29, Exodus 12:30, 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;The burden — A prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites, the inveterate enemies of the Jews, begun by the Assyrian, and finished by the Babylonian emperors.In a night — Suddenly and unexpectedly.Ar — The chief city of Moab.Kir — Another eminent city of Moab. read more

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