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Isaiah 15

Isa. 15:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of Nimrim
Nimriym (Hebrew #5249)
clear waters; Nimrim, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Nimrim. Compare 1039.
Pronounce: nim-reem'
Origin: plural of a masculine corresponding to 5247
shall be ζdesolate
mshammah (Hebrew #4923)
a waste or amazement
KJV usage: astonishment, desolate.
Pronounce: mesh-am-maw'
Origin: from 8074
: for the hay
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
is withered away
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
, the grass
deshe' (Hebrew #1877)
a sprout; by analogy, grass
KJV usage: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
Pronounce: deh'-sheh
Origin: from 1876
faileth
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, there is no green thing
yereq (Hebrew #3418)
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
KJV usage: grass, green (thing).
Pronounce: yeh'-rek
Origin: from 3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color)
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desolations.

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Grass,
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Waters of Nimrim

Cross References

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Nimrim.
Num. 32:3,36• 3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
 36and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and sheepfolds. (Num. 32:3,36)
Nimrah.Beth-nimrah.
Josh. 13:27• 27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward. (Josh. 13:27)
Beth-nimrah.desolate.
Heb. desolations.
the grass.
Isa. 16:9‑10• 9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
 10And joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry of the winepress to cease. (Isa. 16:9‑10)
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Joel 1:10‑12• 10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
 11Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.
 12The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men. (Joel 1:10‑12)
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Hab. 3:17‑18• 17For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
 18Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17‑18)
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Rev. 8:7• 7And the first sounded his trumpet: and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (Rev. 8:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.