Isaiah 15:4

Isaiah 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
• New International Version (NIV)Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear.

Context of Isaiah 15:4

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; 3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles. 5My 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; 6the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.

Isaiah 15:4 word by word

וַתִּזְעַ֤ק חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔ה עַד־יַ֖הַץ נִשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלָ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• shall cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• and Elealehאֶלְעָלֵא'el‛âlê' 'el‛âlêh · ElealehH500
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• shall be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• unto Jahazיַ֫הַץהyahats yahtsâh yahtsâh · JahazH3096
• therefore the armed soldiersחָלַץchâlats · to armH2502
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• shall cry outרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• his lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• shall be grievousיָרַעyâra‛ · quiverH3415

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:4

• Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.
• Numbers 32:3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• Jeremiah 48:34"From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
• Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
• Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
• Joshua 13:18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
• Judges 11:20but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.
• Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
• Numbers 11:15If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."
• 1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
• Job 3:20"Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
• Job 7:15so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
• Jeremiah 8:3Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
• Jeremiah 20:18Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
• Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
• Revelation 9:6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The armed soldiers "The very loins" - So the Septuagint, ̔ , and the Syriac. They cry out violently, with their utmost force.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And Heshbon shall cry - This was a celebrated city of the Amorites, twenty miles east of the Jordan Joshua 13:17. It was formerly conquered from the Moabiltes by Sihon, and became his capital, and was taken by the Israelites a little before the death of Moses Numbers 21:25. After the carrying away of the ten tribes it was recovered by the Moabites. Jeremiah Jeremiah 48:2 calls it the pride of Moab.‘ The town still subsists under the same name, and is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Heshbon was once the capital of Sihon (Numbers 21:23–26). Elealeh was near Heshbon. Jahaz was located between Heshbon and the Arnon River (see Jeremiah 48:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Heshbon--an Amorite city, twenty miles east of Jordan; taken by Moab after the carrying away of Israel (compare Jr 48:1-47). Elealeh--near Heshbon, in Reuben. Jahaz--east of Jordan, in Reuben. Near it Moses defeated Sihon. therefore--because of the sudden overthrow of their cities. Even the armed men, instead of fighting in defense of their land, shall join in the general cry. life, &c.--rather, "his soul is grieved" (1Sa 1:8) [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:4

• Elealeh
• Jahaz

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Cry
• Elealeh
• Jahaz
• 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