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Isaiah 15

Isa. 15:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the cry
za`aq (Hebrew #2201)
from 2199; a shriek or outcry
KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Pronounce: zah'-ak
Origin: and (feminine) zoaqah {zeh-aw-kaw'}
is gone round about
naqaph (Hebrew #5362)
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
KJV usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
Pronounce: naw-kaf'
Origin: a primitive root
the borders
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
of 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
; the howling
ylalah (Hebrew #3215)
a howling
KJV usage: howling.
Pronounce: yel-aw-law'
Origin: feminine of 3214
thereof unto Eglaim
'Eglayim (Hebrew #97)
a double pond; Eglajim, a place in Moab
KJV usage: Eglaim.
Pronounce: eg-lah'-yim
Origin: dual of 96.
, and the howling
ylalah (Hebrew #3215)
a howling
KJV usage: howling.
Pronounce: yel-aw-law'
Origin: feminine of 3214
thereof unto Beer-elim
B'er (Hebrew #879)
well of heroes; Beer-Elim, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Beer-elim.
Pronounce: 'Eliym
Origin: from 875 and the plural of 410
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Beer-elim,
Eglaim,
Moab; Moabites

Cross References

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the cry.
Isa. 15:2‑5• 2He is gone up to Bajith, 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.
 3In their streets they are girded with sackcloth; on their roofs, and in their broadways, every one howleth, melted into tears.
 4And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh: their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out: his soul trembleth in him.
 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their fugitives have fled unto Zoar, unto Eglath-Shelishijah: for by the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:2‑5)
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Jer. 48:20‑24,31‑34• 20Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
 21And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
 22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;
 23and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon;
 24and upon Kerijoth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
 31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir heres shall there be moaning.
 32O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer: thy shoots passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
 33And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: they shall no more tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
 34Because of the cry from Heshbon, unto Elaleh, unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar unto Horonaim, unto Eglath-shelishijah: for even the waters of Nimrim shall become desolations. (Jer. 48:20‑24,31‑34)
Eglaim.
Ezek. 47:10• 10And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. (Ezek. 47:10)
En-eglaimEglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis.

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the cry goeth round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.