Isaiah 15:4

"In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly."

Key Reflection

This verse depicts a scene of profound sorrow and communal mourning, with people donning sackcloth in the public spaces and even on their rooftops, indicating widespread grief and distress. It highlights the intensity of the tragedy affecting Moab, as the entire community, from common folk to those in private dwellings, joins in lamentation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And Heshbon shall cry -This was a celebrated city of the Amorites, twenty miles east of the JordanJoshua 13:17. It was formerly conquered from the Moabiltes by Sihon, and became his capital, and was taken by the Israelites a little before the death of MosesNumbers 21:25. After the carrying away of the ten tribes it was recovered by the Moabites. JeremiahJeremiah 48:2calls it ‘the pride of Moab.’ The town still subsists under the same name, and is described by Burckhardt. He says, it is situated on a hill, southwest from El Aal (Elealeh).

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