Isaiah 15:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 15:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:36Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
- Joshua 13:27and 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).
- Isaiah 16:9So 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 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
- Jeremiah 48:34There 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.
- Joel 1:10The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
- Habakkuk 3:17Though 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,
- Revelation 8:7Then 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.
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