He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of holiness and judgment as Isaiah unfolds its message.
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This thought runs through Isaiah 15:1-5.
Glossary
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Dibon Place
- Pining; wasting. (1. ) A city in Moab ( Num. 21:30 ); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon ( Isa. 15:9 ). Modern identification: Tall Dhiban.
- Medeba Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Madaba.
- Nebo Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet al Mukhayyat.