Isaiah 15:7

Wherefore the remnant of their substance and their wealth They shall carry to the brook of willows.

Noyes Bible

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

6For the waters of Nimrim are desolate; The grass is withered; the tender plant faileth; There is no green thing left.

8For the cry encompasseth the borders of Moab; Even to Eglaim reacheth her wailing, To Beer-Elim her howling.

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Cross References

Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 10:6Against an impious nation I will send him, And against a people under my wrath I will give him a charge To gather the spoil, and seize the prey, And to trample them under foot like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 30:6The loaded beasts go southward. Through a land of anguish and distress, Whence come forth the lioness, and the fierce lion, The viper, and the flying fiery serpent; On the shoulders of young asses they carry their wealth, And on the bunches of camels their treasures, To a people that will not profit them!

Nahum 2:12The lion tore in pieces for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses, And filled his dens with prey, And his lairs with ravin.

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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