God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 15:8
8Cries for help echo throughout the land of Moab. Their wailing echoes as far as Eglaim. Their wailing echoes as far as Beer Elim.
Isaiah 15:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.
- New International Version (NIV)Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim.
Context of Isaiah 15:8
6The Nimrim Brook has run dry! The grass dries up, the vegetation withers, and nothing green is left. 7That is why they carry the wealth that they have earned and stored up over Willow Ravine. Cries 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 15:8 word by word
כִּֽי־הִקִּ֥יפָה הַזְּעָקָ֖ה אֶת־גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֑ב עַד־אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ יִלְלָתָ֔הּ וּבְאֵ֥ר אֵילִ֖ים יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For the cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
- is gone round aboutנָקַףnâqaph · to surroundH5362
- the bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- the howlingיְלָלָהyelâlâh · wailingH3215
- thereof unto Eglaimאֶגְלַ֫יִם'eglayim · EglaimH97
- thereof unto Beer–elimבְּאֵר אֵילִיםbe'êr 'êlîym · Beer-elimH879
Cross-references for Isaiah 15:8
- Isaiah 15:2The 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.
- Jeremiah 48:20They will answer, ‘Moab is disgraced; it is defeated. Shout loudly, and cry. Tell the news in Arnon that Moab is destroyed.’
- Ezekiel 47:10From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
Commentaries on Isaiah 15:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For the cry is gone round about - The cry of distress and calamity has encompassed the whole land of Moab. There is no part of the land which is not filled with lamentation and distress. The howling - The voice of wailing on account of the distress. Unto Eglaim - This was a city of Moab east of the Dead Sea, which, Eusebius says, was eight miles south of Ar, and hence, says Rosenmuller, it was not far from the south border of Moab. It is mentioned by…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. 88. Eglaim--(Eze 47:10), En-eglaim. Not the Agalum of Eusebius, eight miles from Areopolis towards the south; the context requires a town on the very borders of Moab or beyond them. Beer-elim--literally, "the well of the Princes"--(so Nu 21:16-18). Beyond the east borders of Moab.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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