Isaiah 15:5
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
צֹעַר
Tsôʻar
Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
לוּחִית
Lûwchîyth
Luchith, a place East of the Jordan
בְּכִי
Bᵉkîy
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חֹרֹנַיִם
Chôrônayim
Choronajim, a place in Moab
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
Study H4608 →עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →Cross References
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egy...
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear th...
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went ...
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and ...
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