Isaiah 15:4

Isaiah 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
• New International Version (NIV)Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.

Context of Isaiah 15:4

2They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. 3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly. And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him. 5My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Isaiah 15:4 word by word

וַתִּזְעַ֤ק חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔ה עַד־יַ֖הַץ נִשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלָ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• Elealehאֶלְעָלֵא'el‛âlê' 'el‛âlêh · ElealehH500
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Jahazיַ֫הַץהyahats yahtsâh yahtsâh · JahazH3096
• thereforeכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• armedחָלַץchâlats · to armH2502
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:4

• Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.
• Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
• Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
• Numbers 21:23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
• Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.
• Joshua 13:18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
• Judges 11:20But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
• Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
• Numbers 11:15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
• 1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
• Job 3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
• Job 7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.
• Jeremiah 8:3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Jeremiah 20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
• Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
• Revelation 9:6And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The armed soldiers "The very loins" - So the Septuagint, ̔ , and the Syriac. They cry out violently, with their utmost force.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And Heshbon shall cry - This was a celebrated city of the Amorites, twenty miles east of the Jordan Joshua 13:17. It was formerly conquered from the Moabiltes by Sihon, and became his capital, and was taken by the Israelites a little before the death of Moses Numbers 21:25. After the carrying away of the ten tribes it was recovered by the Moabites. Jeremiah Jeremiah 48:2 calls it the pride of Moab.‘ The town still subsists under the same name, and is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Heshbon was once the capital of Sihon (Numbers 21:23–26). Elealeh was near Heshbon. Jahaz was located between Heshbon and the Arnon River (see Jeremiah 48:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Heshbon--an Amorite city, twenty miles east of Jordan; taken by Moab after the carrying away of Israel (compare Jr 48:1-47). Elealeh--near Heshbon, in Reuben. Jahaz--east of Jordan, in Reuben. Near it Moses defeated Sihon. therefore--because of the sudden overthrow of their cities. Even the armed men, instead of fighting in defense of their land, shall join in the general cry. life, &c.--rather, "his soul is grieved" (1Sa 1:8) [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:4

• Elealeh
• Jahaz

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Cry
• Elealeh
• Jahaz
• 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