God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 15:7
7That is why they carry the wealth that they have earned and stored up over Willow Ravine.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows.
- 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.
Context of Isaiah 15:7
5My heart cries out for Moab. Its people flee as far as Zoar at Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the mountain road to Luhith. They cry loudly over the destruction on the way to Horonaim. 6The Nimrim Brook has run dry! The grass dries up, the vegetation withers, and nothing green is left. That is why they carry the wealth that they have earned and stored up over Willow Ravine. 8Cries for help echo throughout the land of Moab. Their wailing echoes as far as Eglaim. Their wailing echoes as far as Beer Elim. 9The water in Dimon is red with blood, yet I will bring even more on Dimon. A lion will attack the fugitives from Moab and the survivors from Adamah.
Read all of Isaiah 15Isaiah 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 5:29They roar like a lioness. They growl like a young lion. They growl as they snatch their prey and carry it off to where no one can rescue it.
- Isaiah 10:6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.
- Nahum 2:12The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs. It strangled ⌞the prey⌟ for its mates. It used to fill its caves with torn carcasses and its dens with torn flesh.
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as 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
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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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