Isaiah 15:2

Isaiah 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.

Context of Isaiah 15:2

1This is a message about Moab: In one night an enemy has destroyed Ar. In one night they have destroyed Kir. Those towns in Moab are now a heap of stones! The people in Dibon have gone up to their temple to weep. They have gone up to the altars where they worship their gods. Moab's people are weeping because of what has happened at Nebo and Medeba. They are so upset that they have cut off their hair and their beards. 3They are wearing rough sackcloth in the streets. On the roofs of their houses and in the open places in their towns, they are weeping. They fall to the ground as they weep. 4The people in Heshbon and Elealeh cry aloud. People as far as Jahaz hear the sound of their voices! The soldiers of Moab cry aloud because they are afraid. They are shaking with fear.

Isaiah 15:2 word by word

עָלָ֨ה הַבַּ֧יִת וְדִיבֹ֛ן הַבָּמ֖וֹת לְבֶ֑כִי עַל־נְב֞וֹ וְעַ֤ל מֵֽידְבָא֙ מוֹאָ֣ב יְיֵלִ֔יל בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁ֣יו קָרְחָ֔ה כָּל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He is gone upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to Bajithבַּ֫יִתbayith · BajithH1006
• and to Dibonדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹןdîybôn dîybôn · DibonH1769
• the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• to weepבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• shall howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• over Neboנְבוֹnebô · NeboH5015
• and over Medebaמֵידְבָאmêydebâ' · MedebaH4311
• on all their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• every beardזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• cut offגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:2

• Isaiah 16:12Moab's people go to their altars and temples to pray for help from their gods. But they will only become tired. Their prayers will be useless.
• Joshua 13:17And he gave them all the flat land past Medeba in Heshbon. It included Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
• Jeremiah 48:18You people who live in Dibon must stop being proud. Come down from the places where people give you honour. Sit on the ground in the dirt. Moab's cruel enemy has arrived. They will cause your strong buildings to become heaps of stones.
• Isaiah 15:3They are wearing rough sackcloth in the streets. On the roofs of their houses and in the open places in their towns, they are weeping. They fall to the ground as they weep.
• Isaiah 14:31Gate of the city, weep! City, cry out in pain! You Philistine people should be very afraid! See that cloud of smoke in the north! It is the dust of an army that is marching towards you. Their soldiers are ready to fight, and none of them is afraid.
• Isaiah 16:7Because of their troubles, Moab's people weep. They are all very upset. They are sad because there are no more sweet raisins from Kir-Hareseth!
• Jeremiah 48:31So I am sad for Moab. I am crying for all their people. I weep for the people of Kir-Heres.
• Numbers 32:3They said, ‘The land at Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon
• Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up from Moab's desert land. He climbed up Mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah mountain. Jericho city was on the other side of the Jordan River. The Lord showed him the whole land, from the region of Gilead to Dan in the north.
• Jeremiah 48:1The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, spoke this message about Moab: ‘Nebo city is in terrible trouble! It will soon become a heap of stones. The people of Kiriathaim city will be ashamed. Its enemies will take it for themselves. They will knock down its strong buildings, and its people will be ashamed.
• Numbers 21:30But now, we have won against them! We have destroyed Heshbon, and as far as Dibon. We have killed them from Nophah to Medeba.’
• Joshua 13:16He gave them the land from Aroer by the edge of the Arnon valley and the town in the middle of the valley.
• Isaiah 3:24Instead of a nice smell of perfume, there will be a smell of dead animals. Instead of a beautiful belt, they will tie a rope round themselves. Instead of lovely hair, they will be bald. They will wear rough sackcloth instead of beautiful dresses. They will have the mark of a prisoner on their skin, instead of beauty.
• Isaiah 22:12At that time, the Lord Almighty told you to be very sad and weep. He told you to cut all the hair off your heads and to wear rough clothes.
• Leviticus 19:27A man must not cut the hair on the sides of his head. He must not cut the edges of his beard.
• Leviticus 21:5A priest must not cut all the hair from his head. He must not cut the sides of his beard. He must not cut his body.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He is gone to Bajith, and to Dibon - הבית עלה alah habbayith, should be rendered, he is gone to the House, i.e., to their chief temple, where they practiced idolatry. Dibon was the name of a tower where also was an idolatrous temple; thither they went to weep and pray before their idols, that they might interpose and save them from their calamities. So R. D. Kimchi. Me is gone to Bajith and to Dibon: but Bishop Lowth reads Beth Dibon; this is the name of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He is gone up - That is, the inhabitants of Moab in consternation have fled from their ruined cities, and have gone up to other places to weep. To Bajith, and to Dibon - Lowth supposes that these two words should be joined together, and that one place is denoted. The Chaldee renders it, Ascend into the houses of Dibon.‘ Kimchi supposes that the word (בית bayith ) denotes a temple. It usually means “house,” and hence, may mean a temple of the gods; that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In the ancient Near East, people shaved or cut off their beards to show deep sorrow (see Jeremiah 48:37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-9Lowth thinks it was delivered in the first years of Hezekiah's reign and fulfilled in the fourth when Shalmaneser, on his way to invade Israel, may have seized on the strongholds of Moab. Moab probably had made common cause with Israel and Syria in a league against Assyria. Hence it incurred the vengeance of Assyria. Jeremiah has introduced much of this prophecy into his forty-eighth chapter. 1. Because--rather, "Surely"; literally, "(I affirm) that"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:2

• Bajith
• Beard
• Dibon
• Medeba
• Nebo

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Bajith
• Beard
• Cry
• Hair
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Baldness

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