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Isaiah 15:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
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Role in This Section
The oracle concerning Zion and the nations carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh” at Isaiah 15:4 as part of “Moab's Cities and Refugees Lament Sudden Ruin.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 15:1–9
Begin with Isaiah 15:1–9's complete movement: Destroyed towns, shaved heads, sackcloth, public crying, flight, dried waters, carried goods, and blood-filled streams portray Moab's catastrophe. At verse 15:4, The oracle concerning Zion and the nations carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh” at Isaiah 15:4 as part of “Moab's Cities and Refugees Lament Sudden Ruin.”
Why It Needs Context
The oracle concerning Zion and the nations carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh” at Isaiah 15:4 as part of “Moab's Cities and Refugees Lament Sudden Ruin.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Isaiah 15:1–9 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 15:1–9 — Moab's Cities and Refugees Lament Sudden RuinSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 15:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 15:1–9 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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