Holy Scripture

Isaiah 15:7

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 7.) According to the magnitude of the work and the visitation of them: lead them to the river of willows. Concerning the willows, we read in Hebrew Arabim (), which can be understood both as Arabs and as Orvim (), that is, a village situated on their borders, of which it is said by many inhabitants that it prov…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

7Shall Moab even thus be delivered? for I will bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it.

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5The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Zoar; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Eglath they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Horonaim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.

6The water of Nimrim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail: for there shall be no green grass.

— Isaiah 15:7 —

8For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Eglaim; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Elim.

9And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood: for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama.

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