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Themes in Isaiah 15

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Themes in Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15:1 (show verse)

The oracle concerning Moab.
Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.

Ar » Destruction of
Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Kir-haraseth » Called kir of moab
Night » Used figuratively
Prophets » Were sent to » Predict the downfall of nations
Strategy » In war

Isaiah 15:2 (show verse)

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

Bajith » A place of idolatrous worship in moab
Beard » Cut
Beards » Shaving, illustrative of severe judgments
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » Taken by moab
Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
Medeba » An idolatrous "high place,"
Nebo » Town and district
Nebo » A city » Allotted » Tribe of reuben » Prophecies concerning

Isaiah 15:3 (show verse)

In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;

On their housetops and in their squares

Everyone is wailing,

dissolved in tears.

Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
Sackcloth » Was worn » In the streets
Weeping » Caused by sin

Isaiah 15:4 (show verse)

Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,

Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.

Elealeh » Repossessed by the moabites
Jahaz » A levitical city in reuben, taken from the moabites

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

Grass » Failure of, a great calamity
Horonaim » A town of moab
Luhith » A city » A city of moab
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (of three years old,) of moab in affliction
Zoar » Territory of

Isaiah 15:6 (show verse)

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

Grass » Failure of, a great calamity
Nimrim » Waters on the borders of the tribe of gad and moab

Isaiah 15:7 (show verse)

Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up
They carry off over the brook of Arabim.

Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Of the willows
Trees » Varieties » Willows

Isaiah 15:8 (show verse)

For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.

Beer-elim » A city » A city of moab
Eglaim » City of moab

Isaiah 15:9 (show verse)

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;
Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,
A lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » Taken by moab
Lions » Figurative » Of divine judgments