---
title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Isaiah 15"
description: "Overview  Isaiah 15:1, The lamentable state of Moab.  burden: This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered,"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/15"
---

**Overview**
**** [Isaiah 15:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/1), The lamentable state of Moab.

**burden:** This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing - [Isaiah 14:28-32](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/28-32), in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel. [Isaiah 13:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/1), [Isaiah 14:28](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/28)
**Moab:** [Isaiah 11:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/14), [Isaiah 25:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/10), [Jeremiah 9:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/26), [Jeremiah 48:1-47](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/1-47), [Ezekiel 25:8-11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/8-11), [Amos 2:1-3](../../../kjv/amos/2/1-3), [Zephaniah 2:8-11](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/8-11)
**in the:** [Exodus 12:29](../../../kjv/exodus/12/29), [Exodus 12:30](../../../kjv/exodus/12/30), [1 Thessalonians 5:1-3](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/1-3)
**Ar:** [Numbers 21:28](../../../kjv/numbers/21/28), [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9), [Deuteronomy 2:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/18)
**brought to silence:** or, cut off
**Kir:** [Isaiah 16:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/7), Kir-hareseth, [Isaiah 16:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/11), Kir-haresh, [2 Kings 3:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/25), Kir-haraseth, [Jeremiah 48:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/31), [Jeremiah 48:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/36), Kir-heres
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 21:15](../../../kjv/numbers/21/15) - Ar [Joshua 13:16](../../../kjv/joshua/13/16) - *General* [Nehemiah 13:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/1) - the Ammonite [Job 34:25](../../../kjv/job/34/25) - in the [Isaiah 17:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/17/1) - burden [Isaiah 22:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/6) - Kir [Isaiah 23:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/23/1) - for it is [Jeremiah 25:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/21) - Moab [Jeremiah 48:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/2) - cut down [Jeremiah 48:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/20) - confounded [Jeremiah 51:55](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/55) - destroyed [Nahum 1:1](../../../kjv/nahum/1/1) - burden [Zephaniah 2:9](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/9) - Surely [Zephaniah 3:6](../../../kjv/zephaniah/3/6) - cut [Zechariah 5:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/5/7) - talent

**is gone:** [Isaiah 16:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/12), [Joshua 13:17](../../../kjv/joshua/13/17), [Jeremiah 48:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/18), [Jeremiah 48:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/22), [Jeremiah 48:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/23)
**Moab:** [Isaiah 15:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/3), [Isaiah 14:31](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/31), [Isaiah 16:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/7), [Jeremiah 48:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/31), [Jeremiah 48:39](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/39)
**Nebo:** [Numbers 32:3](../../../kjv/numbers/32/3), [Numbers 32:38](../../../kjv/numbers/32/38), [Deuteronomy 34:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/1), [Jeremiah 48:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/1)
**Medeba:** [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30), [Joshua 13:16](../../../kjv/joshua/13/16)
**all:** [Isaiah 3:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/24), [Isaiah 22:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/12), [Leviticus 19:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/27), [Leviticus 19:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/28), [Leviticus 21:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/21/5), [Deuteronomy 14:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/14/1), [Job 1:20](../../../kjv/job/1/20), [Jeremiah 7:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/29), [Jeremiah 47:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/5), [Jeremiah 48:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/1), [Jeremiah 48:37](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/37), [Jeremiah 48:38](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/38), [Ezekiel 7:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 21:28](../../../kjv/numbers/21/28) - Ar of Moab [Numbers 33:46](../../../kjv/numbers/33/46) - Dibongad [Joshua 13:9](../../../kjv/joshua/13/9) - all the plain [2 Samuel 10:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/4) - and shaved [2 Samuel 19:24](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/24) - dressed his feet [1 Chronicles 5:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/8) - Nebo [1 Chronicles 19:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/4) - shaved them [1 Chronicles 19:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/7) - Medeba [Ezra 2:29](../../../kjv/ezra/2/29) - Nebo [Ezra 9:3](../../../kjv/ezra/9/3) - off [Isaiah 15:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/8) - the cry [Isaiah 19:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/3) - and they [Isaiah 23:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/23/1) - Howl [Jeremiah 3:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/21) - A voice [Jeremiah 4:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/8) - howl [Jeremiah 41:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/5) - their beards [Jeremiah 47:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/2) - then the [Jeremiah 48:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/35) - him that offereth [Jeremiah 49:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/3) - Howl [Ezekiel 27:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27/31) - they shall make [Ezekiel 30:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/30/2) - Howl [Amos 5:16](../../../kjv/amos/5/16) - Wailing [Amos 8:10](../../../kjv/amos/8/10) - sackcloth [Micah 1:16](../../../kjv/micah/1/16) - bald

**their streets:** [2 Samuel 3:31](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/31), [2 Kings 6:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/30), [Jonah 3:6-8](../../../kjv/jonah/3/6-8), [Matthew 11:21](../../../kjv/matthew/11/21)
**on the:** [Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2), [Isaiah 22:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/1), [Deuteronomy 22:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/8), [Jeremiah 19:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/13), [Jeremiah 48:38](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/38), [Jeremiah 48:39](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/39)
**weeping abundantly:** Heb. descending into weeping; or, coming down with weeping, [Isaiah 15:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/5)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 5:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/5/12) - the cry [Isaiah 3:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/24) - a girding [Isaiah 32:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/32/11) - and gird [Jeremiah 4:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/8) - gird [Jeremiah 7:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/29) - Cut [Jeremiah 48:37](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/37) - every head [Lamentations 2:10](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/10) - they have girded [Ezekiel 7:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/18) - shall also [Amos 8:10](../../../kjv/amos/8/10) - sackcloth

**Heshbon:** [Isaiah 16:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/8), [Isaiah 16:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/9), [Numbers 32:3](../../../kjv/numbers/32/3), [Numbers 32:4](../../../kjv/numbers/32/4), [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34)
**Jahaz:** [Numbers 21:23](../../../kjv/numbers/21/23), [Deuteronomy 2:32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/32), [Joshua 13:18](../../../kjv/joshua/13/18), [Judges 11:20](../../../kjv/judges/11/20)
**his:** [Genesis 27:46](../../../kjv/genesis/27/46), [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15), [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [Job 3:20-22](../../../kjv/job/3/20-22), [Job 7:15](../../../kjv/job/7/15), [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16), [Jeremiah 8:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/3), [Jeremiah 20:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/18), [Jonah 4:3](../../../kjv/jonah/4/3), [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8), [Revelation 9:6](../../../kjv/revelation/9/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 11:6](../../../kjv/exodus/11/6) - *General* [Numbers 21:25](../../../kjv/numbers/21/25) - in Heshbon [Numbers 32:37](../../../kjv/numbers/32/37) - Heshbon [Joshua 13:16](../../../kjv/joshua/13/16) - *General* [Esther 4:1](../../../kjv/esther/4/1) - and cried [Jeremiah 48:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/21) - Jahazah [Zephaniah 1:14](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/14) - the mighty

**My heart:** [Isaiah 16:9-11](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/9-11), [Jeremiah 8:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/18), [Jeremiah 8:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/19), [Jeremiah 9:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/10), [Jeremiah 9:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/18), [Jeremiah 9:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/19), [Jeremiah 13:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/17), [Jeremiah 17:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/16), [Jeremiah 48:31-36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/31-36), [Luke 19:41-44](../../../kjv/luke/19/41-44), [Romans 9:1-3](../../../kjv/romans/9/1-3)
**his fugitives:** etc. or, to the borders thereof, even as an heifer
**Zoar:** [Genesis 13:10](../../../kjv/genesis/13/10), [Genesis 14:2](../../../kjv/genesis/14/2), [Genesis 19:22](../../../kjv/genesis/19/22)
**three:** [Isaiah 16:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/14), [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34)
**the mounting:** [Jeremiah 48:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/5), [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34)
**with:** [2 Samuel 15:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/23), [2 Samuel 15:30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/30)
**destruction:** Heb. breaking, [Isaiah 22:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/5), [Jeremiah 4:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 15:9](../../../kjv/genesis/15/9) - *General* [Genesis 19:30](../../../kjv/genesis/19/30) - Zoar [Exodus 11:6](../../../kjv/exodus/11/6) - *General* [Nehemiah 2:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/10) - Horonite [Isaiah 15:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/3) - weeping abundantly [Isaiah 16:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/11) - my [Isaiah 21:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/3) - are [Jeremiah 4:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/19) - My bowels [Jeremiah 14:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/2) - the cry [Jeremiah 46:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/12) - thy cry [Jeremiah 48:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/2) - Heshbon [Jeremiah 48:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/36) - mine heart [Jeremiah 51:54](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/54) - *General*

**Nimrim:** [Numbers 32:3](../../../kjv/numbers/32/3), [Numbers 32:36](../../../kjv/numbers/32/36), Nimrah, Beth-nimrah, [Joshua 13:27](../../../kjv/joshua/13/27), Beth-nimrah
**desolate:** Heb. desolations
**the grass:** [Isaiah 16:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/9), [Isaiah 16:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/10), [Joel 1:10-12](../../../kjv/joel/1/10-12), [Habakkuk 3:17](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/17), [Habakkuk 3:18](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/18), [Revelation 8:7](../../../kjv/revelation/8/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Isaiah 16:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/4) - oppressors [Jeremiah 25:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/12) - perpetual [Jeremiah 48:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/34) - Nimrim

**the abundance:** [Isaiah 5:29](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/29), [Isaiah 10:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/6), [Isaiah 10:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/14), [Nahum 2:12](../../../kjv/nahum/2/12), [Nahum 2:13](../../../kjv/nahum/2/13)
**to the:** [Psalms 137:1](../../../kjv/psalms/137/1), [Psalms 137:2](../../../kjv/psalms/137/2)
**brook of the willows:** or, valley of the Arabians
**Reciprocal:** [Job 40:22](../../../kjv/job/40/22) - the willows [Jeremiah 48:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/36) - the riches [Ezekiel 17:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/5) - he placed

**the cry:** [Isaiah 15:2-5](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2-5), [Jeremiah 48:20-24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/20-24), [Jeremiah 48:31-34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/31-34)
**Eglaim:** [Ezekiel 47:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/10), En-eglaim, Eglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis.
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 11:6](../../../kjv/exodus/11/6) - *General* [Isaiah 23:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/23/1) - Howl [Jeremiah 47:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/2) - then the [Amos 5:16](../../../kjv/amos/5/16) - Wailing

**Dimon:** Some have Dibon; and Jerome says that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon.
**more:** Heb. additions, [Leviticus 26:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/18), [Leviticus 26:21](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/21), [Leviticus 26:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/24), [Leviticus 26:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/28), [Jeremiah 48:43-45](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/43-45)
**lions:** [Leviticus 26:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/22), [2 Kings 17:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/25), [Jeremiah 15:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/3), [Amos 5:19](../../../kjv/amos/5/19)
**him:** Bp. Lowth, upon the authority of the LXX, renders, "upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah.
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30) - Dibon

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