Isaiah 15:8

Isaiah 15:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.
• New International Version (NIV)Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim.

Context of Isaiah 15:8

6For the waters of Nimrim are desolate. Indeed the grass is withered, the new growth dies; There is no green thing. 7Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored away They carry off over the Brook of the Willows. For the cry of distress has echoed around the territory of Moab; The wailing goes as far as Eglaim and the mournful cry to Beer-elim. 9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Yet I will bring even more woes on Dimon— A lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.

Isaiah 15:8 word by word

כִּֽי־הִקִּ֥יפָה הַזְּעָקָ֖ה אֶת־גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֑ב עַד־אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ יִלְלָתָ֔הּ וּבְאֵ֥ר אֵילִ֖ים יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• is gone round aboutנָקַףnâqaph · to surroundH5362
• the bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• the howlingיְלָלָהyelâlâh · wailingH3215
• thereof unto Eglaimאֶגְלַ֫יִם'eglayim · EglaimH97
• thereof unto Beer–elimבְּאֵר אֵילִיםbe'êr 'êlîym · Beer-elimH879

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:8

• Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.
• Ezekiel 47:10And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For the cry is gone round about … - The cry of distress and calamity has encompassed the whole land of Moab. There is no part of the land which is not filled with lamentation and distress. The howling - The voice of wailing on account of the distress. Unto Eglaim - This was a city of Moab east of the Dead Sea, which, Eusebius says, was eight miles south of Ar, and hence, says Rosenmuller, it was not far from the south border of Moab. It is mentioned by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The exact locations of the Brook of the Willows, Eglaim, and Beer-elim are unknown.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Eglaim--(Eze 47:10), En-eglaim. Not the Agalum of Eusebius, eight miles from Areopolis towards the south; the context requires a town on the very borders of Moab or beyond them. Beer-elim--literally, "the well of the Princes"--(so Nu 21:16-18). Beyond the east borders of Moab.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:8

• Beer-Elim
• Eglaim

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Beer-Elim
• Beerelim
• Cry
• Eglaim
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Canon of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Isaiah 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings