Isaiah 15 · Verse 7

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.
Isaiah 15:7, King James Version

Isaiah 15:7 in other translations

BSBSo they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
WEBTherefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
ASVTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.
YLTTherefore the abundance he made, and their store, Unto the brook of the willows they carry.
DARBYTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, do they carry away to the torrent of the willows.
BBEFor this cause they will take away their wealth, and the stores they have got together, over the stream of the water-plants.
WebsterTherefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

What does Isaiah 15:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Therefore--because of the devastation of the land. abundance--literally, "that which is over and above" the necessaries of life. brook of ... willows--The fugitives flee from Nimrim, where the waters have failed, to places better watered. Margin has "valley of Arabians"; that is, to the valley on the boundary between them and Arabia-Petræa; now Wady-el Arabah. "Arabia" means a "desert."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 "Shall perish" - אבדו abadu or אבדה abadeh. This word seems to have been lost out of the text: it is supplied by the parallel place, Jer 48:36. The Syriac expresses it by עבר aber, praeteriit, "he hath passed;" and the Chaldee by יתבזזון yithbazezun, diripientur. To the brook of the willows "To the valley of willows" - That is, to Babylon. Hieron. and Jarchi in loc., both referring to Psa 137:2. So likewise Prideaux, Le Clerc, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 15:7 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.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651
יִתְרָ֣הyit.Rah[the] wealthH3502
עָשָׂ֑ה'a.Sah[which] it has madeH6213
וּפְקֻדָּתָ֔םu.fe.ku.da.Tamand store theirH6486
עַ֛ל'aloverH5921
נַ֥חַלNa.chal[the] wadi ofH5158
הָעֲרָבִ֖יםha.'a.ra.Vimthe poplarsH6155
יִשָּׂאֽוּם\׃yi.sa.'Umthey carry off themH5375

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

Cross references for Isaiah 15:7

  • Jeremiah 48:36

    Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

  • Psalms 137:1-2

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Nahum 2:12-13

    The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

  • Isaiah 30:6

    The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

  • Isaiah 5:29

    Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

  • Isaiah 10:14

    And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the abundance.
5:29; 10:6,14; Na 2:12,13
to the.
Ps 137:1,2
brook of the willows. or, valley of the Arabians.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 15:8

    For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.

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Isaiah 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto las riquezas que habrán adquirido, y las que habrán reservado, llevaránlas al torrente de los sauces.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi, les biens qu’ils ont acquis, et leur réserve, ils les portent au ruisseau des saules.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum tragen sie was sie erübrigt haben und ihr Aufbewahrtes über den Weidenbach.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Secundum magnitudinem operis, et visitatio eorum: ad torrentem Salicum ducent eos.