From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh. Those who fly from Heshbon, on its capture, shall continue the cry even as far as Elealeh, etc. There will be continued cries in all quarters, from one end to the other, everywhere slaughter and wasting.
As an heifer of three years old. Moab heretofore not having known foreign yoke, and in its full strength, is compared to an heifer of three years old, never yet yoked, nor as yet worn out with many birth-givings (cf. note, Isaiah 15:5).
The waters ... of Nimrim - i:e., the well-watered and therefore luxuriant pastures of Nimrim.
Desolate. The Hebrew is stronger: not merely shall be "desolate," but desolation itself multiplied; plural, desolations. The most fertile tracts shall be dried up.