Westminster Annotations, Isaiah · Chapter 15
CHAP. XV.
Vers. 1. BƲrden of] Chap. 13. 1.
Moab] Jer. 48. 1.
Ar of Moab is laid wast] Ar and Kir, two chief cities of Moab, Num. 21. 28.
brought to silence] Or, cut off. Jer. 47. 5.
Kir of Moab] Called also Kirheres, and Kirhareseth, Chap. 16▪ 7, 11. and here Kir of Moab, to distinguish it from another citie of that name in Media, Chap. 22. 6.
V. 2. gone up to Bajith] They shall seeke to their idols for succour: but in vain, Chap. 16. 12.
Dibon] Num. 32. 3.
Nebo, and over Medeba] Two cities of Moab, Num. 21. 38. and 32. 38.
on all their heads shall be baldnesse] Their manner being to …ut off their hair, and shave in mourning, Levit. 19. 27, 28. & 21. 5. Chap. 3. 24. Jer 7. 29. & 48. 37. Ezek. 7. 18. Mic. 1. 16.
V. 3. In their] Jer. 48. 38.
streets] Or, out-wayes.
gird themselves with sackcloth] The wonted habite of mourners, Psal. 30. 11. & 35. 13. Chap. 3. 24.
on the tops of their houses] There shall be nothing but lamentation, both within dores and without. See Chap. 22. 1.
weeping abundantly] Heb. descending into weeping: or, coming down with weeping, as vers. 5.
V. 4. Heshbon] Num. 21. 23, 26. & 32. 37. Jer. 48. 34.
Jahaz] The utmost border of Moabs countrey, towards Sihons land, Num. 21. 23. Josh. 21. 36.
his life shall be grievous unto him] Gen. 27. 46. Job 3. 20. 21.
V. 5. My heart shall cry out] So grievous shall be their desolation, that the very thought of it moveth me to commiseration, Chap. 16. 9, 11. & 21. 3. Jer. 47. 6. & 48. 31, 32. 36.
his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar] Or, to the borders thereof, (Heb. barres, Jer. 51. 30.) unto Zoar, (Gen. 19. 22.) even as an heifer▪ Or, his fugitives (Jon. 1. 10) shall cry unto Zoar, &c.
heifer of three yeers old] I will cry out, as such an heifer, lowing after her calfe, or company; 1 Sam. 6. 7, 12. so lowd, that my voyce may be heard to his utmost borders. Or, the Moabites shall so cry in their flight. See Jer. 48. 34.
by the mounting up] So grievous shall their dissipation be, and the devastation of their land, that all parts and passages thereof shall be filled with out-cries and lamentations, Jer. 48 5.
destruction] Heb. breaking. Chap. 1. 28. & 14. 25.
V. 6. waters of Nimrim] Which watered the rich pastures in the plains of Moab▪ Num. 32. 3. 36.
desolate] Heb. desolations. Or, brought unto desolations. Chap. 1. 7. See Jer. 48. 34.
V. 7. they carry away] Either the Moabites themselves, seeking▪ but in vain, to hide them there: Or, the Assyrians, having seized on them, and carrying them away into the countrey of their confederates. See Chap. 16. 8.
brook] Or, valley of the Arabians. Chap. 13. 20.
willowes] Levit. 23. 40. Psal. 137. 2. Chap. 44. 4.
V. 8. Eglaim] Or, the watrie places. Job 38. 28. unto the places that are watered with the streams of the river Arnon: (See Psal. 60. 8.) neer whereunto was Beer-elim situate, Num. 21. 14, 16.
V. 9. Dimon] Either that stream, that appeared like bloud to the Moabites, in the expedition of those three Kings against Moab, and with the slaughter of the Moabites was afterward so indeed; 2 King. 3. 22,-24. upon that occasion so called. Or, as some think, the same with Dibon before-mentioned, vers. 2. so …earmed here by the Prophet, for the abundance of blood, that therein should be shed. See Chap. 39. 1.
of bloud] Of the slain, Ezek. 32 6.
more upon Dimon] Heb. additions. more and more evils, as Chap. 1. 5.
lions] Wild beasts, Lev. 26. 22. 2 King. 17. 25.
upon him] So that they shall no way escape Gods hand, Chap. 24. 17, 18. Amos 5. 19. & 9. 1.
him that escapeth] Heb. the escaping. Chap. 10. 20.