Isaiah 15:7

Everything they had gained, all their possessions, they have to carry across Willow River.

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In The King James Version

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

In Context

6The waters of Nimrim have all dried up. The grass is withered, all the vegetation has disappeared—nothing green is left.

8Their cry of grief echoes through the whole country of Moab; their wailing and mourning extends all the way from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

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Cross References

Psalms 137:1When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 10:6I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.

Isaiah 30:6A message about the animals of the Negev. The messengers travel through a harsh and hostile land where lions and lionesses live, vipers and vicious snakes too. Their donkeys are burdened down with valuable gifts, their camels are loaded with treasure, to give to a worthless people that can't help.

Nahum 2:12The lion tears apart meat for his cubs, and strangles prey for his lionesses. He fills his den with prey, his lair with carcasses.

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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