Isaiah 15:1-4

A Prophecy Against Moab

1 A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.

Isaiah 15:1-4 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.

Cross References 19

  • 1. S Isaiah 13:1
  • 2. Numbers 22:3-6; S Deuteronomy 23:6; S Isaiah 11:14
  • 3. S Numbers 21:15
  • 4. S Numbers 17:12; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5; Jeremiah 48:24,41; Jeremiah 51:58
  • 5. S 2 Kings 3:25
  • 6. S Numbers 21:30
  • 7. 1 Kings 11:7; Isaiah 16:12; Jeremiah 48:35
  • 8. S Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 65:14
  • 9. S Numbers 32:38
  • 10. S Leviticus 13:40; S Job 1:20; Leviticus 21:5
  • 11. S 2 Samuel 10:4
  • 12. S Isaiah 3:24
  • 13. S Joshua 2:8
  • 14. Jeremiah 48:38
  • 15. Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 47:2
  • 16. ver 5; Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 2:11; Ezekiel 7:18; Micah 1:8
  • 17. S Numbers 21:25; S Joshua 13:26
  • 18. S Numbers 32:3
  • 19. S Numbers 21:23
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