Isaiah 15:2

Isaiah 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He 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.

Context of Isaiah 15:2

1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shorn. 3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall wail, weeping abundantly. 4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.

Isaiah 15:2 word by word

עָלָ֨ה הַבַּ֧יִת וְדִיבֹ֛ן הַבָּמ֖וֹת לְבֶ֑כִי עַל־נְב֞וֹ וְעַ֤ל מֵֽידְבָא֙ מוֹאָ֣ב יְיֵלִ֔יל בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁ֣יו קָרְחָ֔ה כָּל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• Bajithבַּ֫יִתbayith · BajithH1006
• Dibonדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹןdîybôn dîybôn · DibonH1769
• placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• weepבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• Neboנְבוֹnebô · NeboH5015
• Medebaמֵידְבָאmêydebâ' · MedebaH4311
• headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• beardזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• shornגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438

Cross-references for Isaiah 15:2

• Isaiah 16:12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
• Joshua 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
• Jeremiah 48:18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall wail, weeping abundantly.
• Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
• Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
• Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
• Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
• Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab upon the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
• Jeremiah 48:1Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
• Numbers 21:30We have shot at them; Heshbon hast perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reacheth to Medeba.
• Joshua 13:16And their land was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
• Isaiah 3:24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be a foul odour; and instead of a belt a rope; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a rich robe a girding of sackcloth; and a brand instead of beauty.
• Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• Leviticus 19:27Ye shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
• Leviticus 21:5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Commentaries on Isaiah 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He is gone to Bajith, and to Dibon - הבית עלה alah habbayith, should be rendered, he is gone to the House, i.e., to their chief temple, where they practiced idolatry. Dibon was the name of a tower where also was an idolatrous temple; thither they went to weep and pray before their idols, that they might interpose and save them from their calamities. So R. D. Kimchi. Me is gone to Bajith and to Dibon: but Bishop Lowth reads Beth Dibon; this is the name of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He is gone up - That is, the inhabitants of Moab in consternation have fled from their ruined cities, and have gone up to other places to weep. To Bajith, and to Dibon - Lowth supposes that these two words should be joined together, and that one place is denoted. The Chaldee renders it, Ascend into the houses of Dibon.‘ Kimchi supposes that the word (בית bayith ) denotes a temple. It usually means “house,” and hence, may mean a temple of the gods; that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In the ancient Near East, people shaved or cut off their beards to show deep sorrow (see Jeremiah 48:37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-9Lowth thinks it was delivered in the first years of Hezekiah's reign and fulfilled in the fourth when Shalmaneser, on his way to invade Israel, may have seized on the strongholds of Moab. Moab probably had made common cause with Israel and Syria in a league against Assyria. Hence it incurred the vengeance of Assyria. Jeremiah has introduced much of this prophecy into his forty-eighth chapter. 1. Because--rather, "Surely"; literally, "(I affirm) that"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 15:2

• Bajith
• Beard
• Dibon
• Medeba
• Nebo

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Bajith
• Beard
• Cry
• Hair
• Arnon
• Baal (1)
• Baldness

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