Isaiah 15:4

And Cheshbon shall cry, and Elealeh; 1 their voice shall be heard even unto Yahatz; 1 therefore the loins of Moav shall shake; 1 his nefesh shall be faint within him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

In Context

3In their chutzot (streets) they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; 1 on their rooftops, and in their rechovot (open areas), 1 every one shall wail, falling down with weeping. 1

5My lev shall cry out for Moav; 1 his fugitives shall flee unto Tzoar, 1 and Eglat-Shelishiyah; 1 for by the Ascent of Luchit 1 with bekhi (weeping) shall they go up; 1 for on the Derech Choronayim 1 they shall raise up a lament because of destruction. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 27:46And Rivkah said to Yitzchak, I am weary of my life because of the Banot Chet: if Ya'akov take an isha of the Banot Chet (Hittite women) such as these which are of the banot ha'aretz, what will chayyim to me be?

Numbers 21:23And Sichon would not suffer Yisroel to pass through his border; but Sichon gathered all his army together, and went out against Yisroel into the midbar; and he came to Yahatz and fought against Yisroel.

Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sichon came out against us, he and all his people, to make milchamah (battle, war) at Yahatz.

Judges 11:20But Sichon trusted not Yisroel to pass through his territory; but Sichon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Yahtzah, and fought against Yisroel.

Job 3:20Which long for mavet, but it cometh not; 1 and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; 1

Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Cheshbon languish, 1 and the gefen of Sivmah; 1 Ba'alei Goyim have broken down the choicest vines thereof, 1 they reached even unto Yazer, 1 they wandered to the midbar; 1 her shoots are stretched out, 1 they are gone over the yam. 1

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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