Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15:1

BƲrden of] Chap. 13. 1.

Moab] Jeremiah 48:1.

Ar of Moab is laid wast] Ar and Kir, two chief cities of Moab, Numbers 21:28.

brought to silence] Or, cut off. Jeremiah 47:5.

Kir of Moab] Called also Kirheres, and Kirhareseth, Chap. 16 7, 11. and here Kir of Moab, to distinguish it from another citie of that name in Media, Chap. 22. 6.

Isaiah 15:2

gone up to Bajith] They shall seeke to their idols for succour: but in vain, Chap. 16. 12.

Dibon] Numbers 32:3.

Nebo, and over Medeba] Two cities of Moab, Numbers 21:38. and Numbers 32:38.

on all their heads shall be baldnesse] Their manner being to ut off their hair, and shave in mourning, Levit. 19. 27, 28. & 21. 5. Chap. 3. 24. Jeremiah 7. 29. & 48. 37. Ezekiel 7:18. Micah 1:16.

Isaiah 15:3

In their] Jeremiah 48:38.

streets] Or, out-wayes.

gird themselves with sackcloth] The wonted habite of mourners, Psalms 30:11. & Psalms 35:13. Chap. 3. 24.

on the tops of their houses] There shall be nothing but lamentation, both within dores and without. See Chap. 22. 1.

weeping abundantly] Heb. descending into weeping: or, coming down with weeping, as vers. 5.

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon] Num. 21. 23, 26. & 32. 37. Jeremiah 48:34.

Jahaz] The utmost border of Moabs countrey, towards Sihons land, Numbers 21:23. Joshua 21:36.

his life shall be grievous unto him] Genesis 27:46. Job 3:20. 21.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart shall cry out] So grievous shall be their desolation, that the very thought of it moveth me to commiseration, Chap. 16. 9, 11. & 21. 3. Jeremiah 47:6. & 48. 31, 32. 36.

his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar] Or, to the borders thereof, (Heb. barres, Jeremiah 51:30.) unto Zoar, (Genesis 19:22.) even as an heifer Or, his fugitives (Jonah 1:10) shall cry unto Zoar, &c.

heifer of three yeers old] I will cry out, as such an heifer, lowing after her calfe, or company; 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 6:12. so lowd, that my voyce may be heard to his utmost borders. Or, the Moabites shall so cry in their flight. See Jeremiah 48:34.

by the mounting up] So grievous shall their dissipation be, and the devastation of their land, that all parts and passages thereof shall be filled with out-cries and lamentations, Jer. 48 5.

destruction] Heb. breaking. Chap. 1. 28. & 14. 25.

Isaiah 15:6

waters of Nimrim] Which watered the rich pastures in the plains of Moab Numbers 32:3. 36.

desolate] Heb. desolations. Or, brought unto desolations. Chap. 1. 7. See Jeremiah 48:34.

Isaiah 15:7

they carry away] Either the Moabites themselves, seeking but in vain, to hide them there: Or, the Assyrians, having seized on them, and carrying them away into the countrey of their confederates. See Chap. 16. 8.

brook] Or, valley of the Arabians. Chap. 13. 20.

willowes] Leviticus 23:40. Psalms 137:2. Chap. 44. 4.

Isaiah 15:8

Eglaim] Or, the watrie places. Job 38:28. unto the places that are watered with the streams of the river Arnon: (See Psalms 60:8.) neer whereunto was Beer-elim situate, Num. 21. 14, 16.

Isaiah 15:9

Dimon] Either that stream, that appeared like bloud to the Moabites, in the expedition of those three Kings against Moab, and with the slaughter of the Moabites was afterward so indeed; 2 King. 3. 22,-24. upon that occasion so called. Or, as some think, the same with Dibon before-mentioned, vers. 2. so earmed here by the Prophet, for the abundance of blood, that therein should be shed. See Chap. 39. 1.

of bloud] Of the slain, Ezek. 32 6.

more upon Dimon] Heb. additions. more and more evils, as Chap. 1. 5.

lions] Wild beasts, Leviticus 26:22. 2 Kings 17:25.

upon him] So that they shall no way escape Gods hand, Chap. 24. 17, 18. Amos 5:19. & Amos 9:1.

him that escapeth] Heb. the escaping. Chap. 10. 20.