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FOR THE WATERS OF NIMRIM - It is supposed by some that the prophet
here states the cause why the Moabites would flee to the cities of the
south, to wit, that the “waters” of the northern cities would...
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CHAPTER 15
The Burden of Moab
_ The Destruction Announced (Isaiah 15:1)_...
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THE OVERTHROW OF MOAB. A sudden catastrophe has overwhelmed Ar
(Numbers 21:15 *) and Kir in one night. The daughter (read _bath_ for
Bayith; _cf_. Jeremiah 48:18) of Dibon (Numbers 21:30 *) has gone u...
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NIMRIM. Probably _Wady Nimrim_, near south end of Dead Sea.
DESOLATE. desolations....
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(Jeremiah 48:34) _the waters of Nimrim_are generally supposed to be
connected with Beth-nimrah (Numbers 32:36), now Tell-nimrin, on the
Wadi Shaib, flowing into the Jordan about 8 miles from its mouth...
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The flight of the Moabites....
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MY HEART SHALL CRY OUT FOR MOAB— Hitherto the prophet had set forth
the lamentation of the Moabites; but seeing these future evils as it
were present to his own mind, he compassionates their griefs, a...
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B. IMPUDENT EASTERNERS - Chapter S 15-17
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1.
MOAB
a. INVASION
TEXT: Isaiah 15:1-9
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The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and
brought to nought; for in a nig...
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For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered
away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
FOR THE WATERS OF NIMRIM SHALL BE DESOLATE ... THERE IS NO GREEN
THING - the ca...
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SHALL BE DESOLATE] because they have been stopped at the source (2
Kings 3:19; 2 Kings 3:25). HAY.. GRASS] RV 'grass.. tender grass.'...
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1. BURDEN] see on Isaiah 13:1. BECAUSE.. NIGHT] RV 'For in a night.'
AR OF MOAB] i.e. city of Moab. The capital (Numbers 22:36; Joshua
13:16) is doubtless meant. The places referred to in the chapter...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 15
GOD WILL PUNISH MOAB
V1 God gave Isaiah this special message abo...
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כִּֽי ־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמֹּ֣ות
יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי...
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CHAPTER XVII
ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS
736-702 B.C.
Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
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In this section we have three prophecies: concerning Assyria Isaiah
14:24), concerning Philistia Isaiah 14:28), and the commencement of
one concerning Moab (15). This fragment concerning Assyria consi...
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_Nemrim. Or Nemra, (Numbers xxxii. 3.) to the north of Segor. (Calmet)
--- The country around hence became barren. (St. Jerome)_...
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Everything contained in these verses is like the Prophet's roll,
written within, and without, and full of nothing else but lamentation,
and mourning, and woe. Alas! what an awful thing must it be, to...
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6._The waters of Nimrim. _By an exaggerated form of expression he
gives a more enlarged view of this desolation. He says that _the grass
is withered_, which takes place when God leaves any soil destit...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18.
In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne
of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
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FOR THE WATERS OF NIMRIM SHALL BE DESOLATE,.... Or dried up, through a
great drought that should come upon the land at this time; or being
defiled with the blood of the slain, as Jarchi: it may denote...
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For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered
away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Ver. 6. _For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate._] What these
waters of Nimri...
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_For the waters_, &c. The prophet, in these verses, sets forth the
causes of lamentation among the inhabitants of the southern part of
Moab. The first is the desolation of their fruitful fields, Isaia...
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For the waters of Nimrim, known for the freshness of their springs,
SHALL BE DESOLATE, filled with earth or rubbish by the invaders; FOR
THE HAY IS WITHERED AWAY, THE GRASS FAILETH, THERE IS NO GREEN...
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PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB....
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DESOLATE:
_ Heb._ desolations...
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THE WATERS; either,
1. Properly, they shall be dried up; or,
2. Figuratively, the waterish grounds, _as waters_ seem to be taken,
ECCLESIASTES 11:1 ISAIAH 32:20. These being very fruitful, are
common...
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Isaiah 15:6 waters H4325 Nimrim H5249 desolate H4923 grass H2682 away
H3001 (H8804) grass H1877 fails H3615 ...
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‘For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate,
For the grass is withered away,
The tender grass fails,
There is no green thing.'
Nimrim is possibly the Wadi Numeirah, which flows into the Dead Sea
ne...
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CONTENTS: The burden of Moab. Prophecy of great desolations upon the
earth.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Great and dismal changes may in the providence of God be
made within a very short tim...
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Isaiah 15:1. _The burden of Moab._ Joshua had spared this nation by
divine command, being, as descendants of Lot, relatives of the
Hebrews. Deuteronomy 2:9. But they made no returns: Eglon king of Moa...
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_The harden of Moab_
THE MOABITE STONE
From the inscription of Mesha (c. 900 B.C.), found at Dibon in 1869,
and commonly known as the “Moabite stone,” we learn that the
Moabites spoke a language dif...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 15:1 The third oracle concerns Moab. Jeremiah
48:1 parallels and expands this passage....
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 15:1
THE BURDEN OF MOAB. The present chapter and the next are very closely
connected, and may be regarded as together constituting "the burden of
Moab." It has been argued on critic...
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Now in chapter 15, he turns his attention against Moab, that area that
lies just east of the Jordan and of the Dead Sea. And he begins to
speak of the destruction of Moab and of some of the major citi...
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Waters — Watery grounds being very fruitful, are commonly most
inhabited; but now they also, much more the dry and barren grounds,
shall be desolate and without inhabitant....