Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
abundance	יִתְרָ֣ה yit.Rah	H3502	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
gotten	עָשָׂ֑ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וּפְקֻדָּתָ֔ם u.fe.ku.da.Tam	H6486	visitation (in many senses · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
away	יִשָּׂאֽוּם yi.sa.'Um	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
brook	נַ֥חַל Na.chal	H5158	a stream · noun, common masculine singular construct
willows	הָעֲרָבִ֖ים ha.'a.ra.Vim	H6155	a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches tha…
Psalms 137:1-2 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it awa…
Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take…
Isaiah 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there…
Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery fl…
Nahum 2:12-13 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:6–end

Here the prophet further describes the woeful and piteous lamentations that should be heard throughout all the country of Moab when it should become a prey to the Assyrian army. "By this time the cry has gone round about all the borders of Moab," Isa 15:8. Every corner of the country has received the alarm, and is in the utmost confusion upon it. It has reached to Eglaim, a city at one end of the country, and to Beer-elim, a city as far the other way. Where sin has been general, and all flesh have corrupted their way, what can be expected but a general desolation? Two things are here spoken of as causes of this lamentation: - I. The waters of Nimrim are desolate (Isa 15:6), that is, the cou…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 15:7

Therefore--because of the devastation of the land. abundance--literally, "that which is over and above" the necessaries of life. brook of . . . willows--The fugitives flee from Nimrim, where the waters have failed, to places better watered. Margin has "valley of Arabians"; that is, to the valley on the boundary between them and Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra; now Wady-el Arabah. "Arabia" means a "desert."

John Gill on Isaiah 15:7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up,.... The great substance which the Moabites had got, and hoarded up: shall they carry away to the brook of the willows; either the Moabites should carry their substance to some brook, it may be near Nimrim, where many willows grew, and cast it into the brook, or lay it by the brook side, in some private place, or under and among the willows, to preserve it from the enemy; or else the meaning is, that their enemies should take what they had with a great deal of labour got, and with a great deal of care had laid up, and carry it to the brook of the willows, some place without the city, and there divide it; or to the va…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 15:7

The Church Fathers

(Verse 7) Finally, they will be led to the valley or torrent of willows, so that no fruit remains in them. For they say that this is the nature of the seeds of these trees, that whoever drinks it in a cup will be barren. Hence the holy ones who, because of their sins, began to be in the confusion of this world, hang their organs in the willows of the Babylonian rivers (Ps. CXXXVI).
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

(Verse 7.) According to the magnitude of the work and the visitation of them: lead them to the river of willows. Concerning the willows, we read in Hebrew Arabim (), which can be understood both as Arabs and as Orvim (), that is, a village situated on their borders, of which it is said by many inhabitants that it provided sustenance to the prophet Elijah on Mount Horeb: this name is transferred due to ambiguity to both crows and the West, and to open places. The meaning, however, is: the visitation will correspond to the magnitude of the illness. Receive this visitation not for healing, but for punishment. I will visit, He says, with a rod their iniquities, and with stripes their sins (Ps. 88:33). Receive the rivers of Babylon, like a torrent of willows, concerning which David said, In the midst thereof we have hung up our organs on the willows (Ps. 136:2); or the valley of Arabia, through which one must pass to the Assyrians.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Willows — (1.) Heb. ‘arabim (Lev. 23:40; Job 40:22; Isa. 15:7; 44:3, 4; Ps. 137:1, 2). This was supposed to be the weeping willow, called by Linnaeus Salix Babylonica, from the reference in Ps. 137. This tree…
Willows, The Brook Of The — a wady mentioned by Isaiah, (Isaiah 15:7) in his dirge over Moab. It is situated on the southern boundary of Moab, and is now called Wady el-Aksa.
Zered — =Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows” (Isa. 15:7) and the…
Brooks · Mentioned in scripture: Of the willows — Mentioned in scripture: Of the willows
Moabites · Prophesies respecting: Desolation and grief — Prophesies respecting: Desolation and grief

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 15:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 15:7

John Gill on Isaiah 15:7

John Calvin on Isaiah 15:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 15:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 15:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 15:7

John Gill on Isaiah 15:7

John Calvin on Isaiah 15:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 15:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 15:7-8

Rashi on Isaiah 15:7