Isaiah 15:2 NIV,NKJV

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 15:1-9

Isaiah 15:1-9The harden of MoabThe Moabite stoneFrom the inscription of Mesha (c. 900 B.C.), found at Dibon in 1869, and commonly known as the “Moabite stone,” we learn that the Moabites spoke a language differing only dialectically from Hebrew; and it is probable also that, in matters of material prosperity and civilisation, Moab stood hardly upon an inferior level to Israel itself. (Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)The prophet’s pity for MoabThere is no prophecy in the Book of Isaiah in which the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 15:2

Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weepThe helplessness of heathen godsWe have a picture of men going to old altars, and finding there nothing but silence.Bajith may be regarded as the temple of the Moabite god. 1. So they were reduced to a state of helplessness; their very gods had forsaken them, and had thus revealed their own character as deities. It is under such circumstances--namely, of desertion and sorrow--that men find out what their religion is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 15:2

Isa 15:2 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. Ver. 2. He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon. ] Two chief places of their idolatrous service, whereunto they ran in their distress; but all in vain. The like at this day do the Papists to their Ladies of Loretto, Sichem, &c., and the Turks to their Mohammed at Mecca (situated in the same country as once... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 15:2

is gone: Isaiah 16:12, Joshua 13:17, Jeremiah 48:18, Jeremiah 48:22, Jeremiah 48:23 Moab: Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 16:7, Jeremiah 48:31, Jeremiah 48:39 Nebo: Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:38, Deuteronomy 34:1, Jeremiah 48:1 Medeba: Numbers 21:30, Joshua 13:16 all: Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 22:12, Leviticus 19:27, Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 21:5, Deuteronomy 14:1, Job 1:20, Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:37, Jeremiah 48:38, Ezekiel 7:18 Reciprocal: Numbers 21:28 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 15:2

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.Bajith — Which signifies an house. It is supposed to be some eminent house or temple of their idols.Dibon — Another city of Moab.To weep — To offer their supplications with tears to their idols for help.Medeba — Two considerable cities, anciently belonging to the Moabites.Beard — The hair of their heads and beards was shaved,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 15:2-3

2, 3. He The collective people of Moab. Has gone up to Bajith This was probably not a town, but a high place for a sanctuary. The word is so near to Beth a house as to indicate only a temple, the house of Moab’s gods. Dibon Gesenius reads here, Dibon is weeping upon the high places. Dibon lay some fifteen miles north of the Arnon, and Nebo still farther north, to a point due east of the head of the Dead Sea. Medeba lay a few miles southeast from Nebo. Some went up to Nebo, some... read more