What does Isaiah 15:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weepinga abundantly."
Verse Isaiah 15:3. _WITH SACKCLOTH_] שק _sak_. The word is in the plural שקים _sakkim, sacks_, in one of _De Rossi's_ MSS....
IN THEIR STREETS - Publicly. Everywhere there shall be lamentation and grief. Some shall go into the streets, and some on the tops of the houses. THEY SHALL GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH - The commo...
CHAPTER 15 The Burden of Moab _ The Destruction Announced (Isaiah 15:1)_...
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 *) has gone u...
THEIR STREETS. his (i.e. Moab's) open streets. WEEPING ABUNDANTLY. coming down with weeping....
The wailing of Moab....
B. IMPUDENT EASTERNERS - Chapter S 15-17 CHAPTER FIFTEEN 1. MOAB a. INVASION TEXT: Isaiah 15:1-9 1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a nig...
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. ON THE TOPS OF THEIR HOUSES - which were fl...
15:3 tears. (c-21) Lit. 'coming down with weeping.'...
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 the chapter...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 15 GOD WILL PUNISH MOAB V1 God gave Isaiah this special message abo...
בְּ חוּצֹתָ֖יו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגֹּותֶ֧יהָ וּ בִ רְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ כֻּלֹּ֥ה יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּ †...
CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 23:1 THE centre of the...
In this section we have three prophecies: concerning Assyria Isaiah 14:24), concerning Philistia Isaiah 14:28), and the commencement of one concerning Moab (15). This fragment concerning Assyria consi...
Here is a sad account of Moab! And in order to enter into a full apprehension of the history, we must consult the scripture account concerning this people. If we look back to the original settlement o...
3._In his streets. _(239) He proceeds with the same subject, describing more fully the tokens of mourning, in which the eastern nations abound more than others; for, having quicker understandings and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
IN THEIR STREETS THEY SHALL GIRT THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH,.... Instead of their fine clothes, with which they had used to deck themselves, being a very proud people; see Isaiah 16:6 this was usual in...
_In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly._ Ver. 3. _In their streets they shall gird th...
PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB....
WEEPING ABUNDANTLY: _ Heb._ descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping...
SHALL GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH: this was another practice of mourners. THE TOPS OF THEIR HOUSES, which were made flat, DEUTERONOMY 22:8; to which men used to go up, either to walk, or to cry to...
Isaiah 15:3 streets H2351 clothe H2296 (H8804) sackcloth H8242 tops H1406 streets H7339 wail H3213 (H8686) weeping H1065 bitterly H3381 (H8802) their streets - 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Kings 6:30; Jonah 3:6-...
‘In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth. On their housetops and in their broad places, Everyone howls, Weeping abundantly (literally ‘going down in weeping'). And Heshbon cries out,...
CONTENTS: The burden of Moab. Prophecy of great desolations upon the earth. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Great and dismal changes may in the providence of God be made within a very short tim...
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 of Moa...
_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 dif...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 15:1 The third oracle concerns Moab. Jeremiah 48:1 parallels and expands this passage. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length,...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 15:1 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 been argued on critic...
Now in chapter 15, he turns his attention against Moab, that area that lies just east of the Jordan and of the Dead Sea. And he begins to speak of the destruction of Moab and of some of the major citi...
2 Kings 6:30; 2 Samuel 3:31; Deuteronomy 22:8; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 22:1; Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 48:38; Jeremiah 48:39; Jona
On the tops — Which were made flat, to which men used to go up, to cry to God in heaven, or to men for help....