Isaiah 15:5

Isaiah 15:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
• New International Version (NIV)My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My 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;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction,

Context of Isaiah 15:5

3In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears. 4Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him. My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their ruin. 6For the waters of Nimrim are desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out, There is no green thing. 7Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of Arabim.

Isaiah 15:5 word by word

לִבִּי֙ לְמוֹאָ֣ב יִזְעָ֔ק בְּרִיחֶ֕הָ עַד־צֹ֖עַר עֶגְלַ֣ת שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֣י׀ מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֗ית בִּבְכִי֙ יַֽעֲלֶה־בּ֔וֹ כִּ֚י דֶּ֣רֶךְ חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

• My heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• criesזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• out for Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• His fugitivesבָּרִיחַbârîyach bâriach · fleeingH1281
• are as farעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• Zoarצֹ֫עַרtsô‛ar · ZoarH6820
• Eglath-shelishiyahשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• For they goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• ascentמַעֲלֶהma‛ăleh · ascentH4608
• of Luhithלוּחִיתlûchîyth lûchôth · LuhithH3872
• weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• Surelyכִּיkîy · forH3588
• on the roadדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• to Horonaimחֹרֹנַיִםchôrônayim · HoronaimH2773
• they raiseעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• a cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• ruinשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:5

• Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
• Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me!
• Jeremiah 9:10“For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
• Jeremiah 17:16But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence.
• Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
• Luke 19:41When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
• Romans 9:1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
• Genesis 13:10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
• Genesis 14:2that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
• Genesis 19:22Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.
• Isaiah 16:14But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent.”
• Jeremiah 48:34From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.
• Jeremiah 48:5For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.
• 2 Samuel 15:23While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people passed over. The king also passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.
• Isaiah 22:5For the Lord God of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to the mountain.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5My heart shall cry out for Moab "The heart of Moab crieth within her" - For לבי libbi, my heart, the Septuagint reads לבו libbo, his heart, or לב leb ; the Chaldee, לבו libbo . For בריחיה bericheyha, the Syriac reads ברוחה berocheh ; and so likewise the Septuagint, rendering it ͅ, Edit. Vat: or ̔ͅ, Edit. Alex. and MSS. I., D. II. A heifer of three years old "A young heifer" - Hebrew, a heifer three years old, in full strength; as Horace uses equa trima…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5My heart shall cry out for Moab - This is expressive of deep compassion; and is proof that, in the view of the prophet, the calamities which were coming upon it were exceedingly heavy. The same sentiment is expressed more fully in Isaiah 16:11; see also Jeremiah 48:36: My heart shall sound for Moab like pipes.‘ The phrase denotes great inward pain and anguish in view of the calamities of others; and is an expression of the fact that we feel ourselves…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5My heart cries out over Moab: The prophet joined the mourning to show how much Moab suffered. Zoar was in the southeastern part of the Dead Sea (Genesis 14:2; 19:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. My--The prophet himself is moved with pity for Moab. Ministers, in denouncing the wrath of God against sinners, should do it with tender sorrow, not with exultation. fugitives--fleeing from Moab, wander as far as to Zoar, on the extreme boundary south of the Dead Sea. Horsley translates, "her nobility," or "rulers" (Ho 4:18). heifer, &c.--that is, raising their voices "like a heifer" (compare Jr 48:34, 36). The expression "three years old," implies one…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:5

• Horonaim
• Luhith
• Zoar

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Zoar
• Cry
• Fugitive
• Heifer
• Horonaim
• Luhith
• 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