Isaiah 15:5-6

5 My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as ¹Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah *, For they go up the ²ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ³over their ruin.

6 For the ⁴waters of Nimrim are desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out, There is ⁵no green thing.

Isaiah 15:5-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 48:34
• 2. Jeremiah 48:5
• 3. Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 4:20
• 4. Isaiah 19:5-7; Jeremiah 48:34
• 5. Joel 1:10-12; Joel 2:3

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "desolations"
• [b]. Lit "come to an end"