Isaiah 15:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 15:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the waters of Dimon - Probably the same as “Dibon” Isaiah 15:2 . Eusobius says it was a large town on the northern bank of the river Arnon. Jerome says that the letters “m and b” are often i...
Isaiah 15:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the waters of Dimon shall be full (k) of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions (l) upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. (k) Of them who are slain. (l) So t...
Isaiah 15:9 - 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 15:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Dimon. Probably Umm Deineh , east of the Dead Sea. Dimon. blood. Note Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. Dimon . dam . more . more [howlings]. lions . a lion. Put by Figure of speech...
Isaiah 15:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. For the waters of Dimon shall be filled with blood. (246) Here he describes not only grief and howling, flight or trembling, or the covetousness of enemies in plundering their wealt...
Isaiah 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The waters of Dimon - Some have Dibon, others...
Isaiah 15:9 - 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 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The waters of Dimon. Same as Dibon,...
Isaiah 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood ,.... Of the slain, as the Targum adds. This was a river in the land of Moab, as say Jarchi and Kimchi; it had its name from the blood of the slain, So...
Isaiah 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 9. For the waters of Dimon shall be f...
Isaiah 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the waters of Dimon This seems to be the same place with Dibon, mentioned Isaiah 15:2 ; shall be full of blood This is a third evil, and cause of lamentation; the great slaughter which the e...
Isaiah 15:9 - 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 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Dimon: this seems to be the same place with Dibon , mentioned Isaiah 15:2 , here called Dimon for the great bloodshed in it, as it here follows; such changes of a letter being not unusual in pr...
Isaiah 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - 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 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy against Moab.
Isaiah 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:25 ; Amos 5:19 ; Jeremiah 15:3 ; Jeremiah 48:43-45 ; Leviticus 26:18 ; Leviticus 26:21 ; Leviticus 26:22 ; Leviticus 26:24 ; Leviticus 26:28
Isaiah 15:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

More — More than hath been already mentioned. Lions — God shall send lions to find out those that escape the fury of men.

Isaiah 15:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 15:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 15:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 15:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 15:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 15:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 15:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 15:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes