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Isaiah 15

Isa. 15:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He is gone up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
to Bajith
Bayith (Hebrew #1006)
Bajith, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Bajith.
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: the same as 1004
, and to Dibon
Diybown (Hebrew #1769)
from 1727; pining
KJV usage: Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine:--Dibon. (Also, with 1410 added, Dibon-gad.)
Pronounce: dee-bome'
Origin: or (shortened) Diybon {dee-bone'}
, the high places
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
, to weep
Bkiy (Hebrew #1065)
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
KJV usage: overflowing, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Pronounce: bek-ee'
Origin: from 1058
: Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
shall howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
over Nebo
Nbow (Hebrew #5015)
Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Nebo.
Pronounce: neb-o'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
, and over Medeba
Meydba' (Hebrew #4311)
water of quiet; Medeba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Medeba.
Pronounce: may-deb-aw'
Origin: from 4325 and 1679
: on all their heads
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
shall be baldness
qorchah (Hebrew #7144)
(Ezek. 27:31) {kor-khaw'}; from 7139; baldness
KJV usage: bald(-ness), X utterly.
Pronounce: kor-khaw'
Origin: or qorcha
, and every beard
zaqan (Hebrew #2206)
the beard (as indicating age)
KJV usage: beard.
Pronounce: zaw-kawn'
Origin: from 2204
cut off
gada` (Hebrew #1438)
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
KJV usage: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Pronounce: gaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
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More on:

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Bajith,
Baldness,
Beard,
Dibon,
Head,
High Place,
Medeba,
Moab; Moabites,
Nebo

Cross References

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is gone.
Isa. 16:12• 12And it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail. (Isa. 16:12)
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Josh. 13:17• 17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plateau, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-meon, (Josh. 13:17)
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Jer. 48:18,22‑23• 18Come down from thy glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed.
 22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;
 23and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon; (Jer. 48:18,22‑23)
Moab.
Isa. 15:3• 3In their streets they are girded with sackcloth; on their roofs, and in their broadways, every one howleth, melted into tears. (Isa. 15:3)
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Isa. 14:31• 31Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings of troops. (Isa. 14:31)
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Isa. 16:7• 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted. (Isa. 16:7)
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Jer. 48:31,39• 31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir heres shall there be moaning.
 39They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him. (Jer. 48:31,39)
Nebo.
Num. 32:3,38• 3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
 38and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built. (Num. 32:3,38)
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Deut. 34:1• 1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah shewed him the whole land, Gilead to Dan, (Deut. 34:1)
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Jer. 48:1• 1Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled; Kirjathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed. (Jer. 48:1)
Medeba.
Num. 21:30• 30And we have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon; and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. (Num. 21:30)
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Josh. 13:16• 16And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau by Medeba; (Josh. 13:16)
all.
Isa. 3:24• 24And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:24)
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Isa. 22:12• 12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; (Isa. 22:12)
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Lev. 19:27‑28• 27--Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.
 28And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 19:27‑28)
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Lev. 21:5• 5They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (Lev. 21:5)
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Deut. 14:1• 1Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person. (Deut. 14:1)
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Job 1:20• 20And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; (Job 1:20)
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Jer. 7:29• 29Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. (Jer. 7:29)
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Jer. 47:5• 5Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? (Jer. 47:5)
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Jer. 48:1,37‑38• 1Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled; Kirjathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed.
 37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
 38It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 48:1,37‑38)
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Ezek. 7:18• 18And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. (Ezek. 7:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He is gone up to Bajithb, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

JND Translation Notes

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Some take Bajith as an appellative, reading "to the house," i.e. the house of his god.