Isaiah 15:7

Isaiah 15:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
• New International Version (NIV)So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.

Context of Isaiah 15:7

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. Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows. 8For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim. 9For the waters of Dibon are full of blood; for I will bring upon Dibon even more, a lion for those of Moab who escape, for the remnant of the land.

Isaiah 15:7 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִתְרָ֣ה עָשָׂ֑ה וּפְקֻדָּתָ֔ם עַ֛ל נַ֥חַל הָעֲרָבִ֖ים יִשָּׂאֽוּם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore the abundanceיִתְרָהyithrâh · abundanceH3502
• they have gottenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• and that which they have laid upפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• shall they carry awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• to the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• of the willowsעֲרָבָה‛ârâb · (Brook of) WillowsH6155

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:7

• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.
• Isaiah 10:6Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Nahum 2:12The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
• Psalms 137:1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7"Shall perish" - אבדו abadu or אבדה abadeh . This word seems to have been lost out of the text: it is supplied by the parallel place, Jeremiah 48:36. The Syriac expresses it by עבר aber, praeteriit, "he hath passed;" and the Chaldee by יתבזזון yithbazezun, diripientur. To the brook of the willows "To the valley of willows" - That is, to Babylon. Hieron. and Jarchi in loc., both referring to Psalm 137:2. So likewise Prideaux, Le Clerc, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Therefore, the abundance they have gotten - Their wealth they shall remove from a place that is utterly burned up with drought, where the waters and the grass fail, to another place where they may find water. To the brook of willows - Margin, The valley of the Arabians.‘ The Septuagint renders it, I will lead them to the valley of the Arabians, and they shall take it.‘ So Saadias. It might, perhaps, be called the valley of the Arabians, because it was the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The exact locations of the Brook of the Willows, Eglaim, and Beer-elim are unknown.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Therefore--because of the devastation of the land. abundance--literally, "that which is over and above" the necessaries of life. brook of ... willows--The fugitives flee from Nimrim, where the waters have failed, to places better watered. Margin has "valley of Arabians"; that is, to the valley on the boundary between them and Arabia-Petræa; now Wady-el Arabah. "Arabia" means a "desert."Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Willows
• Zered
• Abound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantly
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil
• Ezekiel

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