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Isaiah 15:6

The water in Nimrim Valley will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will all be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.

Translation for Translators

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

5I feel very sorry for the people of Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah towns in the far south. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith town. All along the road to Horonaim town people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.

7The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:36Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran cities. Those were cities with strong walls around them. And they also built pens for their sheep.

Isaiah 16:9So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the ◄summer/hot season► and the other crops that they harvest.

Jeremiah 48:34Instead, the sound of their wailing will rise from Heshbon city to Elealeh town and Jahaz village, from Zoar city as far as Horonaim town and Eglath-Shelishiyah village. Even the water in Nimrim Stream will be dried up.

Habakkuk 3:17Therefore, even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees, and there are no grapes on the grapevines, and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees, and there are no crops in the fields, and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields, and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,

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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