Isaiah 15:7

Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.

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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 will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab, its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 30:6The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.

Nahum 2:12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.

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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