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A Picture of Total Grief
Commentators explain that the mourning in Moab was not private but a public spectacle. People filled the streets, public squares, and even the flat housetops, all wearing sackcloth and wailing. This imagery of universal grief demonstrates the all-encompassing nature of the coming judgment, affecting every part of society.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 15:3
18th Century
Theologian
In their streets - Publicly. Everywhere there will be lamentation and grief. Some will go into the streets, and some on the tops of…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 15:3
19th Century
Bishop
In their streets ... —The picture of lamentation is continued. The flat roofs of Eastern houses were a natural resort for…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 15:3
16th Century
Theologian
In his streets. He continues with the same subject, describing more fully the signs of mourning, in which Eastern nations are more profuse…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 15:3
17th Century
Pastor
In their streets they shall girt themselves with sackcloth, &c.] Instead of their fine clothes, with which they had used …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 15:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The Divine judgments about to come upon the Moabites.
This prophecy, coming to pass within three years, would confirm the prophet's mission …