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Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon and Elealeh call out for help; their sound is heard as far as Jahaz. 1 So the armed men of Moab call out for help; they tremble within themselves. 1

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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 streets they wear sackcloth; on their housetops 1 and in the square everyone wails, melting in tears. 1

5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar and to Eglath Shelishiyah. 1 They go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; 1 on the road to Horonaim they loudly wail over their destruction. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 27:46Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes one of the daughters of Heth as a wife, like these women, some of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Numbers 21:23But King Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through their border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his army together and attacked Israel in the wilderness. He came to Jahaz, where he fought against Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

Judges 11:20But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his army together and moved it to Jahaz, and there he fought against Israel.

Job 3:20Why is light given to him who is in misery? 1 Why is life given to the one who is bitter in soul, 1

Isaiah 16:8The fields of Heshbon have dried up as well as the vines of Sibmah. 1 The rulers of the nations have trampled the choice vines 1 that reached to Jazer and spread into the desert. 1 Its shoots spread abroad; they went over to the sea. 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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