Isaiah 15:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Isaiah 15:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And Heshbon shall cry - This was a celebrated city of the Amorites, twenty miles east of the Jordan Joshua 13:17 . It was formerly conquered from the Moabiltes by Sihon, and became his capital,...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 *) h...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Heshbon. Now Heshoan. The capital of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reuben ( Numbers 32:37 ). cry . cry in pain. Elealeh. Nowel' Al, near Heshbon. Compare Isaiah 16:9 ; Numbers 32:3 ; Numbers 3...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  4. And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh. Here he names other cities; for his design is to bind up, as it were, in a bundle all the cities of that country, that they may be involved in the gene...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. The armed soldiers "The very...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Heshbon - an Amorite c...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24-32 ; Isaiah 15:1-9 ; Isaiah 16:1-14 ; Isaiah 17:1-14 ; Isaiah 18:1-7 ; Isaiah 19:1-25 ; Isaiah 20:1-6 ; Isaiah 21:1-...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this section we have three prophecies: concerning Assyria Isaiah 14:24-27 ), concerning Philistia Isaiah 14:28-32 ), and the commencement of one concerning Moab (15). This fragment concerning As...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here is a sad account of Moab! And in order to enter into a full apprehension of the history, we must consult the scripture account concerning this people. If we look back to the original settlement...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh ,.... Two other cities in the land of Moab. The first of these was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who took it from the Moabites, Numbers 21:25 it came i...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 4. And Heshbon sha...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh Two other Moabitish cities; of which see Numbers 21:25-26 ; Numbers 32:3 ; Numbers 32:37 . Their voice shall be heard unto Jahaz Another city in the utmost b...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Burden of Moab. B. C. 725.       1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Heshbon and Elealeh; two other Moabitish cities; of which see Numbers 21:25,26 Numbers 32:3,37 . Jahaz another city in the utmost borders of Moab, Numbers 21:23 , called also Jahazah ,...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth. On their housetops and in their broad places, Everyone howls, Weeping abundantly (literally ‘going down in weeping'). And Heshbon cries out,...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 o...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Isaiah 15:1-23 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...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Prophecy against Moab.

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 19:4 ; Deuteronomy 2:32 ; Genesis 27:46 ; Isaiah 16:8 ; Isaiah 16:9 ; Jeremiah 20:18 ; Jeremiah 48:34 ; Jeremiah 8:3 ; Job 3:20-22 ; Job 7:15 ; Job 7:16 ; Jonah 4:3 ; Jonah 4:8 ;...

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• Isaiah 15:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Heshbon — Two other Moabitish cities. Jahaz — Another city in the utmost borders of Moab. Soldiers — Who use to be the most courageous.

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