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.
• 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 because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. 6For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants. For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars. 8Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. 9Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in 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 roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
• Isaiah 10:6I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
• Nahum 2:12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
• Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember 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

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• Willows
• Zered
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• Arnon
• Baal (1)
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• 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