Isaiah 15 · Verse 6

Isaiah 15:6

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isaiah 15:6, King James Version

Isaiah 15:6 in other translations

BSBThe waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
WEBFor the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
ASVFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
YLTFor, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.
DARBYFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.
BBEThe waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.
WebsterFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

What does Isaiah 15:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. For--the cause of their flight southwards (2Ki 3:19, 25). "For" the northern regions and even the city Nimrim (the very name of which means "limpid waters," in Gilead near Jordan) are without water or herbage.

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Isaiah 15:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
מֵ֥יmei[the] waters ofH4325
נִמְרִ֖יםnim.RimNimrimH5249
מְשַׁמּ֣וֹתme.sha.MotwastesH4923
יִֽהְי֑וּyih.Yuthey areH1961
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יָבֵ֤שׁya.Veshit has dried upH3001
חָצִיר֙cha.TzirgrassH2682
כָּ֣לָהKa.lahit has wasted awayH3615
דֶ֔שֶׁאDe.she'vegetationH1877
יֶ֖רֶקYe.rekgreeneryH3418
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
הָיָֽה\׃ha.Yahit isH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 15:6

  • Joel 1:10-12

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Isaiah 19:5-7

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

  • Numbers 32:36

    And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  • Revelation 8:7

    The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

  • Isaiah 16:9-10

    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

  • Numbers 32:3

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

  • Jeremiah 48:34

    From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nimrim.
Nu 32:3,36
Nimrah.
Beth-nimrah.
Jos 13:27
Beth-nimrah.
desolate. Heb. desolations. the grass.
16:9,10; Joe 1:10-12; Hab 3:17,18; Re 8:7

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Context

  • Isaiah 15:5

    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.

  • Isaiah 15:6

    For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

  • Isaiah 15:7

    Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

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Isaiah 15:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Las aguas de Nimrim serán consumidas, y secaráse la hierba, marchitaránse los retoños, todo verdor perecerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car les eaux de Nimrim seront des désolations; car l’herbage est desséché, l’herbe verte a péri, la verdure n’est plus.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn die Wasser von Nimrim sollen zu Wüsten werden. Denn verdorrt ist das Gras, verschmachtet das Kraut; das Grün ist nicht mehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Aquæ enim Nemrim desertæ erunt, quia aruit herba, defecit germen, viror omnis interiit.