Isaiah 15:6 KJV — MannaFest

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

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ASV

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

WEB

The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

YLT

For, 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.

DBT

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.

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Isaiah 19:5–7
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
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.
Numbers 32:36
And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
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.

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), that is, the country is plundered and impoverished, and all the wealth and substance of it swept away by the victorious army. Famine is usually the sad effect of war.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Naomi went to sojourn there when there was a famine in Canaan. This is the country which (it is here foretold) should be wasted and grievously harassed, not quite ruined, for we find another prophecy of its ruin ( Jer. xlviii. ), which was accomplished by Nebuchadnezzar. This prophecy here was to be fulfilled within three years ( ch. xvi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Waters - Watery grounds being very fruitful, are commonly most inhabited; but now they also, much more the dry and barren grounds, shall be desolate and without inhabitant.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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