Isaiah 15:8

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 Living Translation (NLT)A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

Context of Isaiah 15:8

6For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green. 7Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows. For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim. 9For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land.”

Isaiah 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 15:2He 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.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
• Ezekiel 47:10It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 15:8

• Beer-Elim
• Eglaim

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Beer-Elim
• Beerelim
• Cry
• Eglaim
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil

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