15:1 The lamentable state of Moab. Verse 1burdenThis and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing - Isaiah 14:28-32
in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel. 13:1, 14:28 Moab11:14, 25:10; Jeremiah 9:26, 48:1-47; Ezekiel 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zephaniah 2:8-11 in theExodus 12:29, 12:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 ArNumbers 21:28; Deuteronomy 2:9, 2:18 brought to silenceor, cut offKirIsaiah 16:7, Kir-hareseth, 16:11, Kir-haresh, 2 Kings 3:25, Kir-haraseth, Jeremiah 48:31, 48:36, Kir-heresReciprocalNumbers 21:15 - Ar; Joshua 13:16 - General; Nehemiah 13:1 - the Ammonite; Job 34:25 - in the; Isaiah 17:1 - burden; 22:6 - Kir; 23:1 - for it is; Jeremiah 25:21 - Moab; 48:2 - cut down; 48:20 - confounded; 51:55 - destroyed; Nahum 1:1 - burden; Zephaniah 2:9 - Surely; 3:6 - cut; Zechariah 5:7 - talent Verse 2is goneIsaiah 16:12; Joshua 13:17; Jeremiah 48:18, 48:22, 48:23 MoabIsaiah 15:3, 14:31, 16:7; Jeremiah 48:31, 48:39 NeboNumbers 32:3, 32:38; Deuteronomy 34:1; Jeremiah 48:1 MedebaNumbers 21:30; Joshua 13:16 allIsaiah 3:24, 22:12; Leviticus 19:27, 19:28, 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Job 1:20; Jeremiah 7:29, 47:5; 48:1, 48:37, 48:38; Ezekiel 7:18ReciprocalNumbers 21:28 - Ar of Moab; 33:46 - Dibongad; Joshua 13:9 - all the plain; 2 Samuel 10:4 - and shaved; 19:24 - dressed his feet; 1 Chronicles 5:8 - Nebo; 19:4 - shaved them; 19:7 - Medeba; Ezra 2:29 - Nebo; 9:3 - off; Isaiah 15:8 - the cry; 19:3 - and they; 23:1 - Howl; Jeremiah 3:21 - A voice; 4:8 - howl; 41:5 - their beards; 47:2 - then the; 48:35 - him that offereth; 49:3 - Howl; Ezekiel 27:31 - they shall make; 30:2 - Howl; Amos 5:16 - Wailing; 8:10 - sackcloth; Micah 1:16 - bald Verse 3their streets2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Kings 6:30; Jonah 3:6-8; Matthew 11:21 on theIsaiah 15:2, 22:1; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah 19:13, 48:38, 48:39 weeping abundantlyHeb. descending into weeping; or, coming down with weeping, Isaiah 15:5Reciprocal1 Samuel 5:12 - the cry; Isaiah 3:24 - a girding; 32:11 - and gird; Jeremiah 4:8 - gird; 7:29 - Cut; 48:37 - every head; Lamentations 2:10 - they have girded; Ezekiel 7:18 - shall also; Amos 8:10 - sackcloth Verse 4HeshbonIsaiah 16:8, 16:9; Numbers 32:3, 32:4; Jeremiah 48:34 JahazNumbers 21:23; Deuteronomy 2:32; Joshua 13:18; Judges 11:20 hisGenesis 27:46; Numbers 11:15; 1 Kings 19:4; Job 3:20-22, 7:15, 7:16; Jeremiah 8:3, 20:18; Jonah 4:3, 4:8; Revelation 9:6ReciprocalExodus 11:6 - General; Numbers 21:25 - in Heshbon; 32:37 - Heshbon; Joshua 13:16 - General; Esther 4:1 - and cried; Jeremiah 48:21 - Jahazah; Zephaniah 1:14 - the mighty Verse 5My heartIsaiah 16:9-11; Jeremiah 8:18, 8:19, 9:10, 9:18, 9:19, 13:17, 17:16, 48:31-36; Luke 19:41-44; Romans 9:1-3 his fugitivesetc. or, to the borders thereof, even as an heiferZoarGenesis 13:10, 14:2, 19:22 threeIsaiah 16:14; Jeremiah 48:34 the mounting48:5, 48:34 with2 Samuel 15:23, 15:30 destructionHeb. breaking, Isaiah 22:5; Jeremiah 4:20ReciprocalGenesis 15:9 - General; 19:30 - Zoar; Exodus 11:6 - General; Nehemiah 2:10 - Horonite; Isaiah 15:3 - weeping abundantly; 16:11 - my; 21:3 - are; Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels; 14:2 - the cry; 46:12 - thy cry; 48:2 - Heshbon; 48:36 - mine heart; 51:54 - General Verse 6NimrimNumbers 32:3, 32:36, Nimrah, Beth-nimrah, Joshua 13:27, Beth-nimrahdesolateHeb. desolationsthe grassIsaiah 16:9, 16:10; Joel 1:10-12; Habakkuk 3:17, 3:18; Revelation 8:7ReciprocalIsaiah 16:4 - oppressors; Jeremiah 25:12 - perpetual; 48:34 - Nimrim Verse 7the abundanceIsaiah 5:29, 10:6, 10:14; Nahum 2:12, 2:13 to thePsalm 137:1, 137:2 brook of the willowsor, valley of the ArabiansReciprocalJob 40:22 - the willows; Jeremiah 48:36 - the riches; Ezekiel 17:5 - he placed Verse 8the cryIsaiah 15:2-5; Jeremiah 48:20-24, 48:31-34 EglaimEzekiel 47:10, En-eglaim, Eglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis.ReciprocalExodus 11:6 - General; Isaiah 23:1 - Howl; Jeremiah 47:2 - then the; Amos 5:16 - Wailing Verse 9DimonSome have Dibon; and Jerome says that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon.moreHeb. additions, Leviticus 26:18, 26:21, 26:24, 26:28; Jeremiah 48:43-45 lionsLeviticus 26:22; 2 Kings 17:25; Jeremiah 15:3; Amos 5:19 himBp. Lowth, upon the authority of the LXX, renders, "upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah.ReciprocalNumbers 21:30 - Dibon