Isaiah 15:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 15:5

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.

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ASV

My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 5) My heart will cry out to Moab. The prophet speaks with a lamenting affection, either because even the enemies are creatures of God, on whom so many evils come upon, or because they are to be overwhelmed with such calamities that even their enemies will become pitiable. Jeremiah also says the same: Therefore my heart will resound like a flute to Moab. They extend their borders from Segor to a calf in labor. And Jeremiah: From Segor, he says, to Oronaim, a calf in labor.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

My heart shall cry out for Moab - This is expressive of deep compassion; and is proof that, in the view of the prophet, the calamities which were coming upon it were exceedingly heavy. The same sentiment is expressed more fully in Isa 16:11; see also Jer 48:36: ‘My heart shall sound for Moab like pipes.’ The phrase denotes great inward pain and anguish in view of the calamities of others; and is an expression of the fact that we feel ourselves oppressed and borne down by sympathy on account of their sufferings (see the note at Isa 21:3).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ministers, in denouncing the wrath of God against sinners, should do it with tender sorrow, not with exultation. fugitives--fleeing from Moab, wander as far as to Zoar, on the extreme boundary south of the Dead Sea. HORSLEY translates, "her nobility," or "rulers" (Ho 4:18). heifer, &c.--that is, raising their voices "like a heifer" (compare Jer 48:34, 36).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לִבִּי֙	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
לְמוֹאָ֣ב	le.mo.'Av	for Moab	H4124 →
יִזְעָ֔ק	yiz.'Ak	it cries out	H2199 →
בְּרִיחֶ֕הָ	be.ri.Che.ha	fugitives its	H1281 →
עַד־	'ad-	[are] to	H5704 →
צֹ֖עַר	Tzo.'ar	Zoar	H6820 →
עֶגְלַ֣ת	'eg.Lat	Eglath	H5697 →
שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה	she.li.shi.Yah	Shelishiyah	H7992 →
כִּ֣י׀	ki	for	H3588 →
מַעֲלֵ֣ה	ma.'a.Leh	[the] ascent of	H4608 →
הַלּוּחִ֗ית	ha.lu.Chit	<the> Luhith	H3872 →
בִּבְכִי֙	biv.Khi	with weeping	H1065 →
יַֽעֲלֶה־	ya.'a.leh-	it is going up	H5927 →
בּ֔וֹ	bo	on it
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] road of	H1870 →
חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם	cho.ro.Na.yim	Horonaim	H2773 →
זַעֲקַת־	za.'a.kat-	a cry of	H2201 →
שֶׁ֖בֶר	She.ver	shattering	H7667 →
יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃	ye.'o.'E.ru	they rouse	H5782 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 4:20
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
leads to
- Psalms 42:7
  Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
- Ezekiel 7:25–26
  Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
  They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Matthew 10:28
  Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Joel 1:15
  Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Through
2 Samuel 15:30
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up,…
leads to
- Esther 6:12
  Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
- 2 Samuel 19:4
  But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Luke 19:41
  As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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