Isaiah 15:9

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 Synecdoche (of Species), for all wild beasts.

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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....
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...
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...
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...
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 l...
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 pr...
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 t...
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:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The waters of Dimon ] i.e. the Axnon. Dimon is probably a symbolical variation for Dibon, adopted because the sound of it suggests blood ( dam )....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER, in the history of Moab, behold the history of every man by nature, exposed to the just judgment of God, the curse of his broken...
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 Kimch...
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 l...
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 cau...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Burden of Moab. B. C. 725. 6 For...
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...
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, Fo...
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. Deuter...
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 st...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy against Moab.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the waters of Dimon, the river Arnon, shall be full of blood; for I will bring more upon Dimon, further misfortune, lions upon him that escape...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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.

⁹ 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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 15:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 15:9