Isaiah 15:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 15:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the cry is gone round about ... - The cry of distress and calamity has encompassed the whole land of Moab. There is no part of the land which is not filled with lamentation and distress. T...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Eglaim. Not identified; probably the En-eglaim of Ezekiel 47:10 .
Isaiah 15:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. The cry is gone round about the borders of Moab. (245) כי, ( ki,) for, is added for the sake of ornament. He means that every part of that country all around shall be full of cryin...
Isaiah 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
Isaiah 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the cry is gone round, &c.— The prophet contemplating, with the most lively imagination, the motion and consternation of all Moab, as if present to his view, scarcely satisfies himself in p...
Isaiah 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. Eglaim ( Ezekiel 47:10 ) - Eneglaim Not the Agallim of Eusebius 8...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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-...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the cry is gone found about the borders of Moab ,.... The cry of destruction and howling because of it; the places mentioned, as is observed by some, being upon the borders of the land. Heshbon...
Isaiah 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. Ver. 8. For the cry is gone round about, &c. ] When the prophet thu...
Isaiah 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Isaiah 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Burden of Moab. B. C. 725. 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the h...
Isaiah 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their cry fills all the parts of the country.
Isaiah 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For the cry is gone round the borders of Moab, Its howling to Eglaim, and its howling to Beer-elim. For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, For I will bring yet more on Dimon, A lion on him w...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - 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...
Isaiah 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy against Moab.
Isaiah 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:10 ; Isaiah 15:2-5 ; Jeremiah 48:20-24 ; Jeremiah 48:31-34
Isaiah 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The cry — Their cry fills all the parts of the country.

Isaiah 15:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 15:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 15:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 15:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes