Isaiah 15:6 “The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vege…”

Isaiah 15:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried vp: therefore the grasse is withered, the herbes consumed, and there was no greene herbe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

The 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.

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Cross references

“Nimrim”

Numbers 32:36 Numbers 32:3

Numbers 32:36 · BSB

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

Numbers 32:3 · BSB

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

“Beth-nimrah”

Joshua 13:27

Joshua 13:27 · BSB

and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth ).

“the grass”

Joel 1:10–12 Revelation 8:7 Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 16:10 Habakkuk 3:17 Habakkuk 3:18

Joel 1:10–12 · BSB

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

Revelation 8:7 · BSB

Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

Isaiah 16:9 · BSB

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Isaiah 16:10 · BSB

Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

Habakkuk 3:17 · BSB

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Habakkuk 3:18 · BSB

yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Also

Isaiah 19:5–7 Jeremiah 48:34

Isaiah 19:5–7 · BSB

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

Jeremiah 48:34 · BSB

There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

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