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Isaiah 15:9

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Isaiah 15

Commentary

11 notes on this verse
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood,.... Of the slain, as the Targum adds.

This site's exposition

So they carry their wealth

on Isaiah 15:7-9

Refugees carry their wealth over the Brook of the Willows, traditionally placed at the boundary stream between Moab and Edom, the edge of escape. The waters of Dimon are full of blood, and the philological commentators note the wordplay between Dimon and the Hebrew word for blood.

This site's exposition

The waters of Dimon are full of blood

Dimon is most likely the Dibon of verse 2, and Barnes cites Jerome that m and b often change places in these dialects. Its waters are the Arnon. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown compare the lions of 2 Kings 17:25, sent by the LORD on a land already emptied.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 9) Because the waters of Dibon are filled with blood. Where there was once luxury due to fertile fields and constantly flowing springs, there the streams of blood will flow due to the multitude of those killed. For I will set upon Dibon additional things for those who have fled from Moab, a lion, and the remnants of the land.

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 9) But the waters of Dimon, which is interpreted as sufficient pain or sorrow, which had polluted many with its sprinkling, will be accused by deceived peoples of not being for their salvation, but for their bloodshed. Hence the prophetic speech promises that over flowing tears, which is interpreted as Dibon, they will accumulate not just one sorrow, but multiple additions of sorrow: so that after they have fully repented and fled from the Moabite lion, they may have God as their leader, whom the Septuagint called Ariel, which is interpreted as lion of God: I will refrain from discussing their translation in this place, because it disagrees with the Hebrew truth in many places, and from what we have interpreted, the sense of that can also be understood.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

For the waters of Dibon, the name of a city, in which they practiced their lusts because of the pleasantness of the place: the Moabites ran into the waters of Dibon (2 Kngs 3). Some remained, afflicted by various persecutions: for I will bring more, …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), that is, the inhabitants of the country are slain in great numbers, so that the waters adjoining to the cities, whether rivers or pools, are discoloured with human gore, inhumanly shed like water. Dimon signifies bloody; the place shall answer to its name. Perhaps it was that place in the country of Moab where the waters seemed to the Moabites as blood ( 2 Kings iii.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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. xlviii. ), which was accomplished by Nebuchadnezzar. This prophecy here was to be fulfilled within three years ( ch. xvi.

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3 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

For the waters of Dimon - Probably the same as “Dibon” Isa 15:2. Eusobius says it was a large town on the northern bank of the river Arnon. Jerome says that the letters “m and b” are often interchanged in oriental dialects (see the note at Isa 15:2). Shall be full of blood - That is, the number of the slain of Moab shall be so great, that the blood shall color the waters of the river - a very common occurrence in times of great slaughter.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Its waters are the Arnon. full of blood--The slain of Moab shall be so many. bring more--fresh calamities, namely, the "lions" afterwards mentioned (2Ki 17:25; VITRINGA understands Nebuchadnezzar as meant by "the lion"; but it is plural, "lions." The "more," or in Hebrew, "additions," he explains of the addition made to the waters of Dimon by the streams of blood of the slain.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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 the Moabites might be called the remnant of Admah, as sprung from Lot and his daughters, escaped from the destruction of that and the other cities; or, metaphorically, as the Jews are called princes of Sodom, and people of Gomorrah, Isa 1:10. Bibliotheque Orient. Part v., p. 195. The reading of this verse is very doubtful; and the sense, in every way in which it can be read, very obscure. - L. Calmet thinks there may be a reference to 1Ch 11:22, where it is said, “Benaiah slew two lion-like men of Moab,” or the two Ariels of Moab, and would therefore translate, “I will bring down the remnant of Moab like Ariel, (which Benaiah smote), and them that are escaped like Adamah.” They shall be exterminated, as were the inhabitants of those two cities. Ariel was a double city - the river Arnon dividing it in two. This is the two Ariels of Moab - not two lion-like men, much less two lions. See Calmet on this place.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • מֵ֤י[the] waters of

    meiH4325 →581 times

  • דִימוֹן֙Dimon

    dimonH1775 →

  • מָ֣לְאוּthey are full

    maluH4390 →249 times

  • דָ֔םblood

    damH1818 →360 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אָשִׁ֥יתI will put

    ʾashitH7896 →83 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • דִּימ֖וֹןDimon

    dimonH1775 →

  • נוֹסָפ֑וֹתadded [things]

    nosafotH3254 →212 times

  • לִפְלֵיטַ֤ת[will be] for [the] escaped remnant of

    lifleitatH6413 →28 times

  • מוֹאָב֙Moab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • אַרְיֵ֔הa lion

    ʾaryehH738 →80 times

  • וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖יתand for [the] remainder of

    velisheritH7611 →66 times

  • אֲדָמָֽה׃[the] land

    ʾadamahH127 →225 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 17:25Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.5 worksLeviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.2 worksLeviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.2 worksAmos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.2 worksLeviticus 26:21–22If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.2 worksJeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 48:43–45Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.2 worksLeviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.2 worksJeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.2 worksNumbers 21:30But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Amos 5:19

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 24:17–18

      Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

    • Jeremiah 15:2–3

      If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…

  • Through

    Leviticus 26:28

    then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 8:18

      Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

    • Ezekiel 5:13

      And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD,…

    • Ezekiel 5:15

      So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD,…

    • Jeremiah 21:5

      And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

    • Isaiah 59:18

      So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

  • Through

    Leviticus 26:24

    then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 18:26

      to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.

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