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

6The Waters of Nimrim are desolate; the grass is withered, the foliage is gone, and the vegetation has vanished. 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Wadi of the Willows. For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim. 9The Waters of Dibon are full of blood, but I will bring on Dibon even more than this — a lion for those who escape from Moab, and for the survivors in 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 15:2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
• Ezekiel 47:10Fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim. These will become places where nets are spread out to dry. Their fish will consist of many different kinds, like the fish of the 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