Isaiah 15:8

For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

In Context

7According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.

9For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

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Cross References

Isaiah 15:2The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: ton all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.

Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:7-9

The Burden of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that… Read the whole commentary →

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