Isaiah 15:1, The lamentable state of Moab.
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Isaiah 15 — OverviewIsaiah 15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter, and that which follows it, are the burden of Moab--a
prophecy of some great desolation that was coming upon that country,
which bordered upon this land of Israel, and had often been injurious
and…Isaiah 15 — OverviewIsaiah 15 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites; two of their principal cities are mentioned as made desolate, Isa 15:1 the inhabitants in divers places are represented as weeping and mourning, and showing…Isaiah 15:1-5Isaiah 15:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe country of Moab was of small extent, but very fruitful. It bordered
upon the lot of Reuben on the other side Jordan and upon the Dead Sea.
Naomi went to sojourn there when there was a famine in Canaan. This is…Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 15:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryBecause. An elliptical beginning. Mr. Cheyne supposes some such words as "Lament for Moab," or "Alas for Moab!" to have been in the writer's mind, but to have been omitted through "lyrical excitement." In the night.…Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 15:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryMoab a national type.
Of late years attention has been directed to Moab, through the discovery of what is known as the Moabite Stone, which contains the earliest inscription we have wholly in alphabetical characters.…Isaiah 15:1-9Isaiah 15:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION