Isaiah 15:6

Translations

Modern

The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

Traditional

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

Literal

For the waters of Nimrim have become desolations, for the grass has withered away; the vegetation is finished—nothing green is there.

Latin

Aquæ enim Nemrim desertæ erunt, quia aruit herba, defecit germen, viror omnis interiit.

Original

Hebrew

English

The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

Notes

Isaiah 15:6

The exact location of the waters of Nimrim is unknown (see also Jeremiah 48:34).
dried up … withered … the vegetation: For more on natural resources drying up as a form of judgment, see study note on Isaiah 24:4.

Isaiah 15:1–16:14

This message of judgment and sorrow was about Moab's fall. The many references to Moabite places show that Isaiah knew Moab well.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Messages Against the Nations Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 19:5–7
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Joel 1:10–12
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Numbers 32:36
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
Habakkuk 3:17–18
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
Joshua 13:27
…and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
Numbers 32:3
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Revelation 8:7
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
Isaiah 16:9–10
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Jeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Parallels

Jeremiah 48:1–47

Places

Nimrim: A place in Moab known for its waters

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of Kerioth Moab, Moabites Nimrim, Waters of

Topics

Grass: Failure of, a Great Calamity Hay: General Scriptures Concerning Moabites: Prophesies Respecting: Desolation and Grief Nimrim: Waters on the Borders of the Tribe of Gad and the Country of: Moab

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