Isaiah 15:5

Isaiah 15:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
• New International Version (NIV)My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction,

Context of Isaiah 15:5

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. I am very upset because of what is happening to Moab's people. They are running away, as far as Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah. They weep while they climb up the hill to Luhith. On the road to Horonaim they shout aloud, ‘An enemy has destroyed us!’ 6Streams in Nimrim valley have become dry. The grass has died. No green plants remain. 7So Moab's people are leaving. They are going across Willow stream. They are carrying away their things and the food that they had stored.

Isaiah 15:5 word by word

לִבִּי֙ לְמוֹאָ֣ב יִזְעָ֔ק בְּרִיחֶ֕הָ עַד־צֹ֖עַר עֶגְלַ֣ת שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֣י׀ מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֗ית בִּבְכִי֙ יַֽעֲלֶה־בּ֔וֹ כִּ֚י דֶּ֣רֶךְ חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• shall cry outזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• for Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• his fugitivesבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• unto Zoarצֹ֫עַרtsô‛ar · ZoarH6820
• an heiferעֶגְלַת‛eglâh · Eglath-shelishiyahH5697
• of three years oldשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• for by the mounting upמַעֲלֶהma‛ăleh · ascentH4608
• of Luhithלוּחִיתlûchîyth lûchôth · LuhithH3872
• with weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• shall they go it upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• for in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• of Horonaimחֹרֹנַיִםchôrônayim · HoronaimH2773
• they shall raise upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• a cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• of destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:5

• Isaiah 16:9Because of that, I weep for the vines of Sibmah, as Jazer weeps. I pour out my tears all over you, Heshbon and Elealeh. Your people no longer sing because they are happy at harvest time. There is no more fruit on your trees or crops in your fields.
• Jeremiah 8:18I said, ‘I am very sad and upset. I will never get better again.
• Jeremiah 9:10‘I will weep for the mountains. I will cry for the fields in the wilderness. There is no grass for the animals to eat. Nobody travels through those places. There is no sound of cows and sheep. The birds and the wild animals have all disappeared.’
• Jeremiah 13:17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land.
• Jeremiah 17:16Lord, I have not stopped taking care of your people. I have never asked you to destroy them on one final day. You know that, and you know everything that I have said.
• Jeremiah 48:31So I am sad for Moab. I am crying for all their people. I weep for the people of Kir-Heres.
• Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
• Romans 9:1What I am telling you is true. I speak as someone who belongs to Christ. I am not telling lies. God's Holy Spirit rules my thoughts and I am sure that I am right.
• Genesis 13:10Lot looked up and he saw the flat land of Jordan, as far as Zoar. He saw that it had lots of water, like the garden of the Lord. It was good land, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed the cities there called Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 19:22But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.)
• Isaiah 16:14But now the Lord says, ‘In three years' time, all Moab's glory will have gone. Count every day of those years, as if you are working to receive money. After that, there will only be a few of Moab's people who are still alive. Now they are many and they are strong. But by then they will be few and weak.’
• Jeremiah 48:34In Heshbon and Elealeh people cry out because of their pain. The noise reaches as far as Jahaz. It reaches from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-Shelishiyah. Even the Nimrim river has become dry.’
• Jeremiah 48:5They will go up the hill to Luhith. They will weep as they go. As they go down the road towards Horonaim, they will cry about their town that the enemy is destroying.
• 2 Samuel 15:23As David and his men left the city, all the people who saw them wept loudly. The king went across the Kidron Valley and his men followed him. They travelled along the road towards the desert.
• Isaiah 22:5The Lord, the Almighty Lord, has decided to bring great trouble to Vision Valley. It is a day of fear. People run here and there because they do not know what to do. The enemy knocks down the city's walls. People shout to the hills for help.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5My heart shall cry out for Moab "The heart of Moab crieth within her" - For לבי libbi, my heart, the Septuagint reads לבו libbo, his heart, or לב leb ; the Chaldee, לבו libbo . For בריחיה bericheyha, the Syriac reads ברוחה berocheh ; and so likewise the Septuagint, rendering it ͅ, Edit. Vat: or ̔ͅ, Edit. Alex. and MSS. I., D. II. A heifer of three years old "A young heifer" - Hebrew, a heifer three years old, in full strength; as Horace uses equa trima…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5My heart shall cry out for Moab - This is expressive of deep compassion; and is proof that, in the view of the prophet, the calamities which were coming upon it were exceedingly heavy. The same sentiment is expressed more fully in Isaiah 16:11; see also Jeremiah 48:36: My heart shall sound for Moab like pipes.‘ The phrase denotes great inward pain and anguish in view of the calamities of others; and is an expression of the fact that we feel ourselves…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5My heart cries out over Moab: The prophet joined the mourning to show how much Moab suffered. Zoar was in the southeastern part of the Dead Sea (Genesis 14:2; 19:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. My--The prophet himself is moved with pity for Moab. Ministers, in denouncing the wrath of God against sinners, should do it with tender sorrow, not with exultation. fugitives--fleeing from Moab, wander as far as to Zoar, on the extreme boundary south of the Dead Sea. Horsley translates, "her nobility," or "rulers" (Ho 4:18). heifer, &c.--that is, raising their voices "like a heifer" (compare Jr 48:34, 36). The expression "three years old," implies one…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:5

• Horonaim
• Luhith
• Zoar

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Zoar
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Cry
• Fugitive
• Heifer
• Horonaim
• Luhith
• Arnon

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