# Isaiah 15 📖: A Lament for Moab [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Isaiah Overview]] | [[Isaiah 14]] | [[Isaiah 16]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Lord Will Judge Moab [[#Verse 01.]] This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed! [[#Verse 02.]] They went up to the temple; the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off. [[#Verse 03.]] In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail; they fall down weeping. [[#Verse 04.]] The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers. [[#Verse 05.]] 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. [[#Verse 06.]] For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants. [[#Verse 07.]] For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars. [[#Verse 08.]] Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. [[#Verse 09.]] 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. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. The Moabites descended from Lot through his older daughter (Genesis 19:37). 2. Ruth, the great-grandmother of King David, was a Moabite (Ruth 4:13-17). 3. Moab lay east of the Dead Sea, on the high plateau between the Arnon and Zered rivers. 4. The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone), found at Dibon in 1868, is a Moabite inscription from about 840 BC that mentions Dibon, Nebo, and Medeba (15:2). 5. The Mesha Stele also mentions Omri, king of Israel, and the divine name of Israel's God. 6. Shaved heads and cut beards (15:2) were common signs of mourning in the ancient Near East. 7. Mount Nebo (15:2), in Moab, is where Moses viewed the promised land before he died (Deuteronomy 34:1). 8. The waters of Dimon full of blood (15:9) is probably a wordplay on Dibon and the Hebrew word for blood, *dam*. 9. Jeremiah 48 repeats much of the language of Isaiah 15 and 16. 10. Moab's cries reach as far as Zoar (15:5), the small town Lot fled to when Sodom was destroyed (Genesis 19:22). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One whose heart breaks even for His enemies. God's heart cries out for Moab (15:5), and Jesus wept over Jerusalem as judgment approached (Luke 19:41-44). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God says His heart cries out for Moab even while He judges it (15:5). What does that reveal about God's heart toward people under judgment? 2. Moab's mourning rituals fill the chapter (15:2-3). How should believers grieve with those who suffer, even when suffering is the result of sin? 3. Moab's wealth was carried away (15:7). What does this teach about trusting in possessions? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: Ar and Kir of Moab are destroyed in a single night. - 📖 verse 5: The Lord's heart cries out for Moab. - 📖 verse 7: Moab's wealth is carried away across the Ravine of the Poplars. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Luke 19#Verse 41.|Luke 19:41-44]] - Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. - 🔗 [[Jeremiah 48#Verse 29.|Jeremiah 48:29-36]] - Jeremiah's lament for Moab. - 🔗 [[Ezekiel 33#Verse 11.|Ezekiel 33:11]] - God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. - 🔗 [[Ruth 01#Verse 16.|Ruth 1:16]] - Ruth the Moabite chooses Israel's God. - 🔗 [[Proverbs 24#Verse 17.|Proverbs 24:17-18]] - Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Isaiah 15 - SOAP|Don’t Gloat]] ## 📂 Internal Notes