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 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

6Even 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. A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim. 9The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with Dibon! Lions will hunt down the survivors— both those who try to escape and those who remain behind.

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 15:2Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
• Jeremiah 48:20“And the reply comes back, ‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!’
• Ezekiel 47:10Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.

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
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Beer-Elim
• Beerelim
• Cry
• Eglaim
• 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