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Isaiah 15

Introduction

1  The lamentable state of Moab.
Verse 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;
burden
This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing, (ch. 14:28-32,) in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel.
13:1, 14:28
Moab
11:14, 25:10, Jeremiah 9:26, 48:1-47, Ezekiel 25:8-11, Amos 2:1-3, Zephaniah 2:8-11
in the
Exodus 12:29,30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
Ar
Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 2:9,18
brought to silence
or, cut off. Kir.
16:7
Kir-hareseth
16:11
Kir-haresh
2 Kings 3:25
Kir-haraseth
Jeremiah 48:31,36
Kir-heres
Verse 2

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
is gone
16:12, Joshua 13:17, Jeremiah 48:18,22,23
Moab
3, 14:31, 16:7, Jeremiah 48:31,39
Nebo
Numbers 32:3,38, Deuteronomy 34:1, Jeremiah 48:1
Medeba
Numbers 21:30, Joshua 13:16
all
3:24, 22:12, Leviticus 19:27,28, 21:5, Deuteronomy 14:1, Job 1:20, Jeremiah 7:29, 47:5, Jeremiah 48:1,37,38, Ezekiel 7:18
Verse 3

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
their streets
2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Kings 6:30, Jonah 3:6-8, Matthew 11:21
on the
2, 22:1, Deuteronomy 22:8, Jeremiah 19:13, 48:38,39
weeping abundantly
Heb. descending into weeping; or, coming down with weeping.
Verse 4

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
Heshbon
16:8,9, Numbers 32:3,4, Jeremiah 48:34
Jahaz
Numbers 21:23, Deuteronomy 2:32, Joshua 13:18, Judges 11:20
his
Genesis 27:46, Numbers 11:15, 1 Kings 19:4, Job 3:20-22, 7:15,16, Jeremiah 8:3, 20:18, Jonah 4:3,8, Revelation 9:6
Verse 5

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
My heart
16:9-11, Jeremiah 8:18,19, 9:10,18,19, 13:17, 17:16, 48:31-36, Luke 19:41-44, Romans 9:1-3
his fugitives, etc
or, to the borders thereof, even as an heifer. Zoar.
Genesis 13:10, 14:2, 19:22
three
16:14, Jeremiah 48:34
the mounting
Jeremiah 48:5,34
with
2 Samuel 15:23,30
destruction
Heb. breaking.
22:5, Jeremiah 4:20
Verse 6

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Nimrim
Numbers 32:3,36
Nimrah
Beth-nimrah
Joshua 13:27
Beth-nimrah
desolate
Heb. desolations. the grass.
16:9,10, Joel 1:10-12, Habakkuk 3:17,18, Revelation 8:7
Verse 7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
the abundance
5:29, 10:6,14, Nahum 2:12,13
to the
Psalms 137:1,2
brook of the willows
or, valley of the Arabians.
Verse 8

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
the cry
2-5, Jeremiah 48:20-24,31-34
Eglaim
Ezekiel 47:10
En-eglaim Eglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis
&
Verse 9

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Dimon
Some have Dibon; and Jerome says that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon.
more
Heb. additions.
Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28, Jeremiah 48:43-45
lions
Leviticus 26:22, 2 Kings 17:25, Jeremiah 15:3, Amos 5:19
him
Bp. Lowth, upon the authority of the LXX., renders, "upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah."

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