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A Picture of Total Ruin
Commentators explain that the phrase "waters of Dimon are full of blood" is a graphic image meant to convey an immense and horrific slaughter. This was not a minor defeat but a devastating, large-scale judgment from God upon Moab, so severe that the rivers would be colored by the blood of the slain.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 15:9
18th Century
Theologian
For the waters of Dimon - This is probably the same as “Dibon” (Isaiah 15:2). Eusebius says it was a large town on the northern …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 15:9
16th Century
Theologian
For the waters of Dimon shall be filled with blood. Here he describes not only grief and howling, flight or trembling, o…
John Gill
On Isaiah 15:9
17th Century
Pastor
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood
Of the slain, as the Targum adds. This was a river in the land of Moa…
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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 …