Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.
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Numbers 21:28A fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon, and it has devoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon.
Deuteronomy 2:18‘Today, you shall cross the borders of Moab, at the city named Ar.
2 Kings 3:25And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. His pride and his arrogance and his indignation is more than his strength.
Isaiah 16:11Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:1
This chapter, and that which follows it, are the burden of Moab—a prophecy of some great desolation that was coming upon that country, which bordered upon this land of Israel, and had often been injurious and vexatious to it, though the Moabites were descended from Lot, Abraham's kinsman and companion, and though the Israelites, by the appointment of God, had spared them when they might both easily and justly have cut them off with their neighbours. In this chapter we have, I. Great lamentation made by the… Read the whole commentary →