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

4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. 5My 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. For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. 8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.

Isaiah 15:6 word by word

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

• 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 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
• Joshua 13:27And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
• Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
• Joel 1:10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
• Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
• Revelation 8:7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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

• Cry
• Hay
• Leek
• Nimrim, Waters of
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Beth-Nimrah
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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