---
title: "Bullinger"
description: "burden. The first of the seven burdens.  Because = Surely.  Moab. Had been subdued by Saul (1 Samuel 14:47 ) and David (2 Samuel 8:2 ); and paid tribute"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15"
---

**burden.** The first of the seven burdens.
**Because** = Surely.
**Moab.** Had been subdued by Saul ([1 Samuel 14:47](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/47) ) and David ([2 Samuel 8:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/2) ); and paid tribute to Ahab ( 2Ki 1:1 ; [2 Kings 3:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/4) , [2 Kings 3:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/5) ). Ar = Rabbah ([Numbers 21:28](../../../kjv/numbers/21/28) ; [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) , [Deuteronomy 2:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/18) , [Deuteronomy 2:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/29) ).
**brought to silence** = cut off or destroyed.

**He:** i.e. Moab.
**Dibon.** Now *Dhiban.* [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30) ; [Numbers 32:3](../../../kjv/numbers/32/3) , [Numbers 32:34](../../../kjv/numbers/32/34) , [Numbers 33:46](../../../kjv/numbers/33/46) , [Numbers 33:46](../../../kjv/numbers/33/46) . [Joshua 13:9](../../../kjv/joshua/13/9) , [Joshua 13:17](../../../kjv/joshua/13/17) .
**Nebo.** Now *Jebel Neba* in Moab, overlooking the Jordan Valley.
**Medeba.** Same name to-day. Compare [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30) . [Joshua 13:9](../../../kjv/joshua/13/9) , [Joshua 13:16](../../../kjv/joshua/13/16) ; [1 Chronicles 19:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/7) .

**their streets** = his (i.e. Moab's) open streets.
**weeping abundantly** = coming down with weeping.

**Heshbon.** Now *Heshoan.* The capital of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reuben ([Numbers 32:37](../../../kjv/numbers/32/37) ).
**cry** = cry in pain.
**Elealeh.** Nowel' Al, near Heshbon. Compare [Isaiah 16:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/9) . [Numbers 32:3](../../../kjv/numbers/32/3) , [Numbers 32:37](../../../kjv/numbers/32/37) . [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34) .
**Jahaz.** Not identified. [Numbers 21:23](../../../kjv/numbers/21/23) .[Deuteronomy 2:32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/32) .[Judges 11:20](../../../kjv/judges/11/20) .
**armed soldiers** = light-armed troopers.
**cry out** = shout for joy.
**ife** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**grievous unto him** = vexed within him.

**Zoar** . Now (probably) *Tell esh Shaghur.* not him that wandereth. [Deuteronomy 34:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/3) .[Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34) .
**an heifer** = [flee] like an heifer **,** &c. Compare [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34) .
**mounting up** = ascent.
**Luhith.** Now *Tel'at el Heith* ; one mile west of Mount Nebo. Compare [Jeremiah 48:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/5)
**Horonaim.** Not identified; probably *Wady Ghueir* .

**Nimrim.** Probably *Wady Nimrim* , near south end of Dead Sea.
**desolate** = desolations.

**brook of the willows:** or valley of the Arabians. Probably the *Wady-el-Ahsy* separating Kerek from Djebal, or the brook Zered of [Deuteronomy 2:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/13) , [Deuteronomy 2:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/14) .

**Eglaim.** Not identified; probably the *En-eglaim* of [Ezekiel 47:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/10) .

**Dimon.** Probably *Umm Deineh* , east of the Dead Sea.
**Dimon. blood.** Note Figure of speech *Paronomasia* . Hebrew. *Dimon* . *dam* .
**more** = more [howlings].
**lions** = a lion. Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), for all wild beasts.

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes -  Isaiah 15"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes -  Isaiah 15","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"burden. The first of the seven burdens.  Because = Surely.  Moab. Had been subdued by Saul (1 Samuel 14:47 ) and David (2 Samuel 8:2 ); and paid tribute","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","name":"Commentaries"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah","name":"Isaiah"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/15","name":"15"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]}
```