Isaiah 15:1

Overview - Isaiah 15
The lamentable state of Moab.
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Isaiah 15:1  (King James Version)
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
 


burden
This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing, (ch. 14:28-32, ) in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel.
13:1 14:28

Moab
11:14 25:10 Jeremiah 9:26 ; 48:1-47 Ezekiel 25:8-11 ; Amos 2:1-3 ; Zephaniah 2:8-11

in the
Exodus 12:29 Exodus 12:30 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

Ar
Numbers 21:28 ; Deuteronomy 2:9 Deuteronomy 2:18

brought to silence
or, cut off. Kir.
16:7

Kir-hareseth
16:11

Kir-haresh
2 Kings 3:25

Kir-haraseth
Jeremiah 48:31 Jeremiah 48:36

Kir-heres