Text -- Isaiah 15:5-9 (NET)

15:5 My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants. 15:7 For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars. 15:8 Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. 15:9 Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 15:5

¹ tn Heb “for Moab.” For rhetorical purposes the speaker (the Lord?, see v. 9) plays the role of a mourner.

² tn The vocalization of the Hebrew text suggests “the bars of her gates,” but the form should be repointed to yield, “her fugitives.” See HALOT 156-57 s.v. בָּרִחַ, and BDB 138 s.v. בָּרִיהַ.

³ tn The words “are stretched out” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for [on] the road to Horonaim an outcry over shattering they raise up.”

NET Notes: Isa 15:6

¹ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

NET Notes: Isa 15:8

¹ tn Heb “to Eglaim [is] her wailing, and [to] Beer Elim [is] her wailing.”

NET Notes: Isa 15:9

¹ tc The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads “Dibon” instead of “Dimon” in this verse.

² tn Heb “Indeed I will place on Dimon added things.” Apparently the Lord is speaking.

³ tn The words “will attack” are supplied in the translation for clarification.