Isaiah 15:6

Isaiah 15:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
• New International Version (NIV)The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green.

Context of Isaiah 15:6

4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear. 5My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched. The tender plants are gone; nothing green remains. 7The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows. 8A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

Isaiah 15:6 word by word

כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Nimrimנִמְרִיםnimrîym · NimrimH5249
• shall be desolateמְשַׁמָּהmeshammâh · devastationH4923
• for the hayחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• is withered awayיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• the grassדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
• failethכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• there is no green thingיֶ֫רֶקyereq · greenH3418

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:6

• Numbers 32:3“Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon.
• Joshua 13:27In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River, extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee, and then turned eastward.
• Isaiah 16:9So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah; my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh. There are no more shouts of joy over your summer fruits and harvest.
• Joel 1:10The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.
• Habakkuk 3:17Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,
• Revelation 8:7The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. One-third of the earth was set on fire, one-third of the trees were burned, and all the green grass was burned.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For the waters of Nimrim - It is supposed by some that the prophet here states the cause why the Moabites would flee to the cities of the south, to wit, that the “waters” of the northern cities would fail, and the country become desolate, and that they would seek support in the south. But it is more probable that he is simply continuing the description of the desolation that would come upon Moab. Nimrah, or Beth Nimra, meaning a “house of limpid waters,”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The exact location of the waters of Nimrim is unknown (see also Jeremiah 48:34). dried up … withered … the vegetation: For more on natural resources drying up as a form of judgment, see study note on Isaiah 24:4.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. For--the cause of their flight southwards (2Ki 3:19, 25). "For" the northern regions and even the city Nimrim (the very name of which means "limpid waters," in Gilead near Jordan) are without water or herbage.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:6

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In the dictionaries

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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