Yǐsaìyàshū 15

1 Lún Móyē de mò shì . yī yè zhī jiān , Móyē de yà Ěr , biàn wèi huāng feì , guīyú wú yǒu . yī yè zhī jiān , Móyē de jī Ěr , biàn wèi huāng feì , guīyú wú yǒu .

2 Tāmen shang bā yì , yòu wǎng Móyē rén yīn ní bō hé Mǐdǐbā āi haó , gèrén tóu shang guāng tū , hú xū tì jìng .

3 Tāmen zaì jiēshì shang dōu yào shù má bù , zaì fáng dǐng shang hé kuānkuò chù , jū ge āi haó , yǎnleì wāng wāng .

4 Xīshíbĕn hé Yǐlìyà lì bēiāi de shēngyīn , dádào yē zá . suǒyǐ Móyē daì bīngqì de gāo shēng hǎn nāng . rén xīn zhàn jīng .

5 Wǒ xīn wèi Móyē bēiāi , tāde guìzhòu , ( huò zuò taó mín ) taó dào Suǒĕr , dào yī Jīlā , shī lì shī yà . tāmen shang lǔ xī pō suí zǒu suí kū . zaì hé luó niàn de lù shang , yīn huǐmiè jǔqǐ āi shēng .

6 Yīnwei níng lín de shuǐ chéngwéi gān hé . qīngcǎo kū gān , nèn cǎo miè mò , qīng lù zhī wù , yī wú suǒ yǒu .

7 Yīncǐ , Móyē rén suǒ dé de cáiwù , hé suǒ jīxù de , dōu yào yùn guō liǔ shù hé .

8 Āi shēng biàn wén Móyē de sì jìng . āi haó de shēngyīn , dádào yǐ jī lián . āi haó de shēngyīn , dádào Bǐĕr Yǐlín .

9 Dǐ men de shuǐ chōngmǎn le xuè . wǒ hái yào jiā zēng dǐ men de zāinàn , jiào shīzi lái zhuī shang Móyē taótuō de mín , hé nà dì shang suǒ yú shèng de rén .

Yǐsaìyàshū 15 Commentary

Chapter 15

The Divine judgments about to come upon the Moabites.

- This prophecy coming to pass within three years, would confirm the prophet's mission, and the belief in all his other prophecies. Concerning Moab it is foretold, 1. That their chief cities should be surprised by the enemy. Great changes, and very dismal ones, may be made in a very little time. 2. The Moabites would have recourse to their idols for relief. Ungodly men, when in trouble, have no comforter. But they are seldom brought by their terrors to approach our forgiving God with true sorrow and believing prayer. 3. There should be the cries of grief through the land. It is poor relief to have many fellow-sufferers, fellow-mourners. 4. The courage of their soldiers should fail. God can easily deprive a nation of that on which it most depended for strength and defence. 5. These calamities should cause grief in the neighbouring parts. Though enemies to Israel, yet as our fellow-creatures, it should be grievous to see them in such distress. In ver. ( 6-9 ) , the prophet describes the woful lamentations heard through the country of Moab, when it became a prey to the Assyrian army. The country should be plundered. And famine is usually the sad effect of war. Those who are eager to get abundance of this world, and to lay up what they have gotten, little consider how soon it may be all taken from them. While we warn our enemies to escape from ruin, let us pray for them, that they may seek and find forgiveness of their sins.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 15

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites; two of their principal cities are mentioned as made desolate, Isa 15:1 the inhabitants in divers places are represented as weeping and mourning, and showing various signs of it, Isa 15:2,3 yea, not only the common people, but the armed soldiers also, Isa 15:4 nay, even the prophet himself, Isa 15:5 the reasons of which were the great drought, so that there were no grass, nor green thing, Isa 15:6 the carrying away of their good things, either by themselves or others, Isa 15:7 the flight and cry of the people to the very borders of the land, Isa 15:8 and the great effusion of blood, Isa 15:9.