Isaiah 15 KJV: The Night of Mourning for the Proud Kingdom

Isaiah 15 documents the rapid and overwhelming destruction of Moab’s major cities in a single night of calamity. This chapter articulates the visceral reality of national grief, where strength is replaced by weeping and high places become sites of despair.

v1-4: The Sudden Fall of Ar and Kir
v5-9: The Flight and Weeping of the Fugitives

Isaiah chapter 15

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;

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.

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

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.

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

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Note the geographical precision as the prophet name-checks specific cities, showing that God's word is not vague but addresses specific historical realities. The 'Word Secret' is Nimrim, meaning 'leopard' or 'clear waters,' highlighting that even the most refreshing natural resources fail when divine favor is withdrawn. Discover the riches with isaiah 15 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.

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