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Themes in Isaiah 15

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Themes in Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15:1 (show verse)

An oracle against Moab:

Ar in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.

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)

Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
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 its streets they wear sackcloth;
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.

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

Isaiah 15:4 (show verse)

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.

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

Isaiah 15:5 (show verse)

My heart cries out over Moab,
whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah;
they go up the slope of Luhith weeping;
they raise a cry of destruction
on the road to Horonaim.

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)

The waters of Nimrim are desolate;
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.

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

Isaiah 15:7 (show verse)

So they carry their wealth and belongings
over the Wadi of the Willows.

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

Isaiah 15:8 (show verse)

For their cry echoes
throughout the territory of Moab.
Their wailing reaches Eglaim;
their wailing reaches Beer-elim.

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

Isaiah 15:9 (show verse)

The waters of Dibon are full of blood,
but I will bring on Dibon even more than this—
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.

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