English Standard Version
Isaiah 15:2
2He 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;
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
Context of Isaiah 15:2
1An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone. 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; 3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears. 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
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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 16:12And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
- Joshua 13:17with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
- Jeremiah 48:18"Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
- Isaiah 15:3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
- Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
- Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
- Numbers 32:3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,
- Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down;
- Numbers 21:30So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba."
- Joshua 13:16So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;
- Isaiah 3:24Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
- Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
- Leviticus 19:27You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
- Leviticus 21:5They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their 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
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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
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