Teks -- Isaiah 15:4 (NET)

15:4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.

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Wesley: Isa 15:4 - Heshbon

Two other Moabitish cities.

Wesley: Isa 15:4 - Jahaz

Another city in the utmost borders of Moab.

Wesley: Isa 15:4 - Soldiers

Who use to be the most courageous.

JFB: Isa 15:4 - Heshbon

An Amorite city, twenty miles east of Jordan; taken by Moab after the carrying away of Israel (compare Jer. 48:1-47).

JFB: Isa 15:4 - Elealeh

Near Heshbon, in Reuben.

JFB: Isa 15:4 - Jahaz

East of Jordan, in Reuben. Near it Moses defeated Sihon.

JFB: Isa 15:4 - therefore

Because of the sudden overthrow of their cities. Even the armed men, instead of fighting in defense of their land, shall join in the general cry.

JFB: Isa 15:4 - life, &c.

Rather, "his soul is grieved" (1Sa 1:8) [MAURER].

Clarke: Isa 15:4

The armed soldiers "The very loins"- So the Septuagint, ἡ οσφυς, and the Syriac. They cry out violently, with their utmost force.

Calvin: Isa 15:4 - And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh // Therefore the light-armed soldiers of Moab shall howl

4.And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh Here he names other cities; for his design is to bind up, as it were, in a bundle all the cities of that country, that they may be involved in the general destruction; as if he had said, that none at all shall be exempted.

Therefore the light-armed soldiers of Moab shall howl. Though על כן ( gnal ken) literally signifies therefore, yet some think that a reason is not here assigned; but that is of little importance. The Prophet shows that there will be none that does not howl; for he declares that the bold and courageous shall mourn. Next he adds, the soul of every one shall howl to him. ²⁴¹ Every one shall be so engrossed with his own grief, that he will not think of his neighbors.

TSK: Isa 15:4 - Heshbon // Jahaz // his

Heshbon : Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; Num 32:3, Num 32:4; Jer 48:34

Jahaz : Num 21:23; Deu 2:32; Jos 13:18; Jdg 11:20

his : Gen 27:46; Num 11:15; 1Ki 19:4; Job 3:20-22, Job 7:15, Job 7:16; Jer 8:3, Jer 20:18; Jon 4:3, Jon 4:8; Rev 9:6

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Poole: Isa 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh // Jahaz // The armed soldiers // His life shall be grievous unto him

Heshbon and Elealeh two other Moabitish cities; of which see Num 21:25,26 32:3,37 .

Jahaz another city in the utmost borders of Moab, Num 21:23 , called also Jahazah , Jos 21:36 .

The armed soldiers who should be, and use to be, the most courageous.

His life shall be grievous unto him the Moabites shall generally long for death, to free themselves from those dreadful calamities which they perceive unavoidably coming upon them.

Haydock: Isa 15:4 - Itself

Itself. Every one shall deplore his own distress.

Gill: Isa 15:4 - 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 to everyone

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh,.... Two other cities in the land of Moab. The first of these was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who took it from the Moabites, Num 21:25 it came into the hands of the Reubenites, Num 32:3 and afterwards was again possessed by the Moabites, Jer 48:2. Josephus ^t calls it Essebon, and mentions it among the cities of Moab; it goes by the name of Esbuta in Ptolemy ^u; and is called Esbus by Jerom ^w, who says it was a famous city of Arabia in his time, in the mountains over against Jericho, twenty miles distant from Jordan; hence we read of the Arabian Esbonites in Pliny ^x. Elealeh was another city of Moab, very near to Heshbon and frequently mentioned with it, Isa 16:9. Jerom says ^y that in his time it was a large village, a mile from Esbus, or Heshbon. By these two places are meant the inhabitants of them, as the Targum paraphrases it, who cried for and lamented the desolation that was coming, or was come upon them:

their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz; sometimes called Jahazah, Jos 13:18 it was a frontier town, at the utmost borders of the land, Num 21:23 hence the cry of the inhabitants of the above cities is said to reach to it, which expresses the utter destruction that should be made; see Jer 48:34 this is thought to be the same place Ptolemy ^z calls Ziza. Jerom ^a calls it Jazza, as it is in the Septuagint here, and says that in his time it was shown between Medaba and Deblathai.

Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; not as when they go to battle, with courage and cheerfulness, as some have thought; but through fear, and as in great terror and distress; and so it signifies, that not only the weak and unarmed inhabitants, men and women, should be in the utmost confusion and consternation, but the soldiers that should fight for them, and defend them; who were accoutred, or "harnessed", as the word signifies, and were "girt" and prepared for war, as the Targum renders it; even these would be dispirited, and have no heart to fight, but lament their sad case:

his life shall be grievous to everyone; the life of every Moabite would be a burden to him; he would choose death rather than life; so great the calamity: or the life of every soldier; or "his soul shall cry out", grieve or mourn for "himself" ^b; for his own unhappy case; he shall only be concerned for himself, how to save himself, or make his escape; having none for others, for whose defence he was set, and for whom he was to fight; but would have no concern for his king or country, only for himself.