Isaiah 15:4-6

4 1Heshbon and 2Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as 3Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to 4Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the 5ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to 6Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
6 the waters of 7Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.

Isaiah 15:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

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.

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