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Isaiah 15:6

Nimrim

4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

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

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
KJV
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
WEB
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
ASV
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
DARBY
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.
BLB
For the waters of Nimrim have become desolations, for the grass has withered away; the vegetation is finished—nothing green is there.
ÅB
Nimrims vann blir til ørkener, gresset tørker bort, med urtene er det forbi, det finnes ikke mere et grønt strå.
OTB
Vannet i Nimrim er øde. Sannelig, gresset er visnet, den nye veksten har gått til grunne, Ingen grøntområder gjenstår.
B1930
Nimrims vann blir til ørkener, gresset tørker bort, med urtene er det forbi, det finnes ikke mere et grønt strå.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joel 1:10–12

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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  • Isaiah 19:5–7

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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  • Numbers 32:36

    And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

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  • Habakkuk 3:17–18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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  • Revelation 8:7

    The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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  • Isaiah 16:9–10

    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

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  • Numbers 32:3

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

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