Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15:1

AR] one of the chiefe Cities of Moab, Numbers 21:28. Deuteronomy 2:9. a prophecie of things to come, as if they were come already Kir] it is the same City Kir-hareseth or Kir-haresh, Isai. 16. 7, 11.

Isaiah 15:2

He is gone up] that is to say, the Moabites are gone to the Temple of their Idoll Kemosh, to seeke for ayd Dibon] namely, the people of that City The high places] namely, their Temples, Chappels, and other places of Idolatry, and false devotion Over Nebo] namely, for the desolation of these Cities, which was already come, or was ready to come upon them On all their heads] according to the custome of those times, and places, which was to shave themselves, in times of great sorrow and mourning, Lev. 19. 27. & 21. 5 Deuteronomy 14:1-29. Isaiah 3:24. Jeremiah 48:37. Ezekiel 7:18.

Isaiah 15:3

On the tops of] which were made after the fashion of open terraces. See concerning this manner of publique mourning, as it were to require help from Heaven, Isaiah 22:1. Jeremiah 48:38.

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon] names of certaine Cities of Moab, Jabaz, a City in the confines of Moab. Numbers 21:23.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart] that is to say, the desolation of the Moabites shall be so cruell and dolefull, that I tremble at it, and am moved to compassion every time I thinke of it, Isai. 16. 11. & 21. 3.Jeremiah 48:36.

Isaiah 15:6

The waters] that is to say, these places which are now rich pastures, and well watered, shall grow wild and desert, see Isaiah 19. 5. 7.

Isaiah 15:7

The abundance] namely, their Treasures, and provisions, shall be carried away into remote, and secret places, by the Arabian robbers, which shall fetch away this prey.

Isaiah 15:9

Of Dimon] this is thought to be the same City as was before named Dibon, and that the Prophet hath so altered the name of it, by reason of the great effusion of blood, which was to be in it for Dimon may signifie a bloody place Lions] that is it to say, wild beasts, shall live in the Country made void of inhabitants.