Isaiah 15:6

Isaiah 15:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
• New International Version (NIV)The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green.

Context of Isaiah 15:6

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. 5I 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!’ Streams 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. 8Everywhere in Moab's country the people are calling out for help. The noise of their sad songs has reached Eglaim and Beer-Elim.

Isaiah 15:6 word by word

כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Nimrimנִמְרִיםnimrîym · NimrimH5249
• shall be desolateמְשַׁמָּהmeshammâh · devastationH4923
• for the hayחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• is withered awayיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• the grassדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
• failethכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• there is no green thingיֶ֫רֶקyereq · greenH3418

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:6

• Numbers 32:3They said, ‘The land at Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon
• Joshua 13:27Moses gave Gad these towns in the valley: Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon. He gave them the rest of the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon. This was on the east side of the Jordan River, up to the edge of the sea of Galilee.
• 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.
• Joel 1:10Nobody can use the fields. They are all dry. The new wine has all gone. The oil has all gone.
• Habakkuk 3:17Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord. If there are no flowers on the fig trees, if there are no grapes on the vines, if there are no olives on the olive trees, if there are no crops in the fields, if the sheep are dying in the hills, if there are no cows on the farms,
• Revelation 8:7The first angel made a sound with his trumpet. Strong rain with stones of ice fell on the earth. The rain was mixed with fire and blood and it poured down. It burned a third of the earth. It destroyed a third of the trees and all the green grass.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For the waters of Nimrim - It is supposed by some that the prophet here states the cause why the Moabites would flee to the cities of the south, to wit, that the “waters” of the northern cities would fail, and the country become desolate, and that they would seek support in the south. But it is more probable that he is simply continuing the description of the desolation that would come upon Moab. Nimrah, or Beth Nimra, meaning a “house of limpid waters,”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The exact location of the waters of Nimrim is unknown (see also Jeremiah 48:34). dried up … withered … the vegetation: For more on natural resources drying up as a form of judgment, see study note on Isaiah 24:4.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. For--the cause of their flight southwards (2Ki 3:19, 25). "For" the northern regions and even the city Nimrim (the very name of which means "limpid waters," in Gilead near Jordan) are without water or herbage.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:6

• Hay
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In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Hay
• Leek
• Nimrim, Waters of
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Beth-Nimrah
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• Color; Colors
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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