Isaiah 15:6

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the waters of Nimrim - It is supposed by some that the prophet here states the cause why the Moabites would flee to the cities of the south,...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nimrim. Probably Wady Nimrim , near south end of Dead Sea. desolate . desolations.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. The waters of Nimrim. By an exaggerated form of expression he gives a more enlarged view of this desolation. He says that the grass...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My heart shall cry out for Moab— Hitherto the prophet had set forth the lamentation of the Moabites; but seeing these future evils as it were prese...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

Shall be desolate ] because they have been stopped at the source ( 2 Kings 3:19 ; 2 Kings 3:25 ). Hay.. grass] RV 'grass.. tender grass.'
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...
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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate ,.... Or dried up, through a great drought that should come upon the land at this time; or being defiled...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. Ver. 6. For the waters of Ni...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Burden of Moab. B. C. 725. 6 For...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The waters; either, 1. Properly, they shall be dried up; or, 2. Figuratively, the waterish grounds, as waters seem to be taken, Ecclesiaste...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the grass is withered away, The tender grass fails, There is no green thing.' Nimrim is possibly...
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 Nimrim, known for the freshness of their springs, shall be desolate, filled with earth or rubbish by the invaders; for the hay i...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 3:17 ; Habakkuk 3:18 ; Isaiah 16:10 ; Isaiah 16:9 ; Joel 1:10-12 ; Joshua 13:27 ; Numbers 32:3 ; Numbers 32:36 ; Revelation 8:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Waters — Watery grounds being very fruitful, are commonly most inhabited; but now they also, much more the dry and barren grounds, shall be desolat...

⁶ For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate:b for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 15:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary 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

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 15:6