Isaiah 15 Study Notes

15:5 While the location of some of these sites (Zoar, for instance) is debated, the fact that others (Eglath-shelishiyah and Horonaim) were in the south suggests that all the sites mentioned here were in the south. This implies that the destruction was in the northern part of Moab and the refugees fled south.

15:6 The Waters of Nimrim may be associated with the Wadi Numeira, continuing the naming of southern Moabite sites.

15:7 The Wadi of the Willows may be a reference to the Zered River, the Wadi el-Hesa, which separated Moab from Edom on the south.

15:8 The locations of Eglaim and Beer-elim are uncertain.

15:9 The Hebrew text says the “waters of Dimon,” but good textual evidence (as listed in the textual footnote in the CSB) leads to the change of Dimon to Dibon. The pronouncement reverts from the south to the midpoint of Moab, but this may be due to the fact that Dibon was the most important city. The point is that those who escaped the devastation of the attack would be eaten by lions.