Isaiah 15:6

For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

In Context

5My heart crieth out for Moab; her fugitives reach unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old; for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh; for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen.

Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, a heifer of three years old; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:2-6

The Burden of Moab. ( b. c. 725.) 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping… Read the whole commentary →

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