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Isaiah 15:9
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh declares judgment on Moab immediately following the description of the nation’s border-to-border mourning and wailing.
The words — מָ֣לְאוּ (Mal.'u) means “they are full” and דָ֔ם (Dam) means “blood,” together stating that Dimon’s waters are saturated with blood. אָשִׁ֥ית ('a.Shit) translates “I will put,” introducing the next wave of destruction.
The thread — God sending lions as instruments of judgment appears in 2 Kings 17:25, while the pattern of escalating punishment for covenant disobedience is detailed in Leviticus 26:18 and Leviticus 26:21.
Why it lands — The text asserts that the coming slaughter is a deliberate divine act, not a random disaster, and it requires readers to acknowledge that rebellion against divine authority produces measured, escalating consequences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 17:25 Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
- Leviticus 26:18 And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:21 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
- Leviticus 26:24 then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Jeremiah 15:3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
- Jeremiah 48:43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Amos 5:19 It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.