Isaiahchapter 15

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1 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

2 Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

3 In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

7 So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

8 For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.

9 The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

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Chapter summary

Moab's burden falls in a single night: Ar and Kir are laid waste and brought to nought.

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Moab's burden falls in a single night: Ar and Kir are laid waste and brought to nought. The chapter is a lament tour of Moabite towns (Bayith, Dibon, Nebo, Medeba, Heshbon, Elealeh, Jahaz), where every head is shaved bald, every beard cut off, and sackcloth fills streets and housetops. Even Moab's armed men cry aloud, their souls trembling. Fugitives flee south to Zoar by the weeping ascent of Luhith and the way of Horonaim, carrying their stored abundance over the brook of the willows. The waters of Nimrim go desolate, the grass withers, and the cry rings around Moab's borders to Eglaim and Beer-elim. The speaker's own heart cries out for Moab, yet the waters of Dimon run with blood, and a lion awaits even the escaped remnant.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–4 Moab Laid Waste in a Single Night
B. 5–9 Fugitives to Zoar and the Waters Full of Blood

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Jeremiah 485 verses
- Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Jeremiah 48:5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Jeremiah 48:34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- Jeremiah 48:36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Read Jeremiah 48 →
Amos 21 verse
- Amos 2:1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
- Read Amos 2 →
Numbers 211 verse
- Numbers 21:28For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- Read Numbers 21 →
Leviticus 211 verse
- Leviticus 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
- Read Leviticus 21 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

Isaiah 31 verse
- Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
- Read Isaiah 3 →
Jonah 31 verse
- Jonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Read Jonah 3 →
2 Samuel 31 verse
- 2 Samuel 3:31Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- Read 2 Samuel 3 →
Genesis 271 verse
- Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
- Read Genesis 27 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.