Isaiah 15:2

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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;
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 15:2

1This is the divine revelation about Moab. In a single night Ar in Moab is laid waste and destroyed! In a single night Kir in Moab is laid waste and destroyed! The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off. 3In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries. 4Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out. Their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Moab’s armed men cry out. Their courage is gone.

Isaiah 15:2 word by word

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 16:12When the people of Moab appear at the worship site, they will only wear themselves out. They will come into the holy place to pray, but they won’t be able to.
• Joshua 13:17It included Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
• Jeremiah 48:18“People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground. The destroyers of Moab will attack you. They will destroy your fortresses.
• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.
• Isaiah 14:31Cry loudly in the gate! Cry out in the city! Be frightened, all you Philistines! Smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
• Isaiah 16:7That is why Moab will wail. Everyone will wail for Moab. Mourn and grieve over the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
• Jeremiah 48:31That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
• Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up on Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab. He went to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land. He could see Gilead as far as Dan,
• Jeremiah 48:1This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Moab: How horrible it will be for Nebo; it will be destroyed. Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be captured. Its stronghold will be put to shame and torn down.
• Numbers 21:30But we shot the Amorites full of arrows. From Heshbon to Dibon they all died. We destroyed everyone and everything between Nophah and Medeba.”
• Joshua 13:16Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, including the city in the middle of the valley and the whole plateau near Medeba.
• Isaiah 3:24Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.
• Leviticus 19:27“Never shave the hair on your foreheads, and never cut the edges of your beard.
• Leviticus 21:5“You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 15:2

• Bajith
• Beard
• Dibon
• Medeba
• Nebo

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Bajith
• Beard
• Cry
• Hair
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Baldness

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