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Isaiah 15:6

Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate,.... Or dried up, through a great drought that should come upon the land at this time; or being defiled with the blood of the slain, as Jarchi: it may denote…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For the waters of Nimrim - It is supposed by some that the prophet here states the cause why the Moabites would flee to the cities of the south, to wit, that the “waters” of the northern cities would…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 15:6-9

Here the prophet further describes the woeful and piteous lamentations that should be heard throughout all the country of Moab when it should become a prey to the Assyrian army. "By this time the cry…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

(Jer 48:34) the waters of Nimrimare generally supposed to be connected with Beth-nimrah (Num 32:36), now Tell-nimrin, on the Wadi Shaib, flowing into the Jordan about 8 miles from its mouth. A place…