Chapter 15

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

Moab Isa 11:14, Isa 25:10; Jer 9:26, Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11

in the Exod 12:29-30; 1Thess 5:1-3

Ar Num 21:28; Deut 2:9, Deut 2:18

brought to silence or, cut off

Kir Isa 16:7, Kir-hareseth, Isa 16:11, Kir-haresh, 2Kgs 3:25, Kir-haraseth, Jer 48:31, Jer 48:36, Kir-heres


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is gone Isa 16:12; Josh 13:17; Jer 48:18, Jer 48:22-23

Moab Isa 15:3, Isa 14:31, Isa 16:7; Jer 48:31, Jer 48:39

Nebo Num 32:3, Num 32:38; Deut 34:1; Jer 48:1

Medeba Num 21:30; Josh 13:16

all Isa 3:24, Isa 22:12; Lev 19:27-28, Lev 21:5; Deut 14:1; Job 1:20; Jer 7:29, Jer 47:5; Jer 48:1, Jer 48:37-38; Ezek 7:18


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their streets 2Sam 3:31; 2Kgs 6:30; Jonah 3:6-8; Matt 11:21

on the Isa 15:2, Isa 22:1; Deut 22:8; Jer 19:13, Jer 48:38-39

weeping abundantly Heb. descending into weeping; or, coming down with weeping, Isa 15:5


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Heshbon Isa 16:8-9; Num 32:3-4; Jer 48:34

Jahaz Num 21:23; Deut 2:32; Josh 13:18; Judg 11:20

his Gen 27:46; Num 11:15; 1Kgs 19:4; Job 3:20-22, Job 7:15-16; Jer 8:3, Jer 20:18; Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8; Rev 9:6


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My heart Isa 16:9-11; Jer 8:18-19, Jer 9:10, Jer 9:18-19, Jer 13:17, Jer 17:16, Jer 48:31-36; Luke 19:41-44; Rom 9:1-3

his fugitives etc. or, to the borders thereof, even as an heifer

Zoar Gen 13:10, Gen 14:2, Gen 19:22

three Isa 16:14; Jer 48:34

the mounting Jer 48:5, Jer 48:34

with 2Sam 15:23, 2Sam 15:30

destruction Heb. breaking, Isa 22:5; Jer 4:20


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Nimrim Num 32:3, Num 32:36, Nimrah, Beth-nimrah, Josh 13:27, Beth-nimrah

desolate Heb. desolations

the grass Isa 16:9-10; Joel 1:10-12; Hab 3:17-18; Rev 8:7


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the abundance Isa 5:29, Isa 10:6, Isa 10:14; Nah 2:12-13

to the Ps 137:1-2

brook of the willows or, valley of the Arabians


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the cry Isa 15:2-5; Jer 48:20-24, Jer 48:31-34

Eglaim Ezek 47:10, En-eglaim, Eglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis.


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Dimon Some have Dibon; and Jerome says that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon.

more Heb. additions, Lev 26:18, Lev 26:21, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28; Jer 48:43-45

lions Lev 26:22; 2Kgs 17:25; Jer 15:3; Amos 5:19

him Bp. Lowth, upon the authority of the LXX, renders, "upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah."


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