What is the meaning of Isaiah 15:6? The waters of Nimrim are dried up “The waters of Nimrim are dried up” pictures God’s judgment falling first on the life-giving springs of Moab. • In Scripture, drying rivers signal divine intervention: “The waters of the Nile will dry up” (Isaiah 19:5), and “He…dries up all the rivers” (Nahum 1:4). • Moab had trusted its fertile lowlands, yet Jeremiah repeats the same oracle—“the waters of Nimrim will become desolate” (Jeremiah 48:34)—confirming that the warning was literal. • When the Lord withholds water, He removes both security and prosperity, reminding His people that every blessing flows from Him (Psalm 104:10–13). and the grass is withered “...and the grass is withered” shows how quickly life disappears once the water is gone. • Isaiah uses withered grass to contrast human frailty with God’s enduring word: “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever” (Isaiah 40:8). • The land reflects the people: spiritual rebellion produces parched souls and parched fields (Psalm 37:2; Hosea 13:15). • What looked permanent in Moab proves temporary; only the Lord endures. the vegetation is gone “...the vegetation is gone” advances the devastation from pastureland to cultivated crops. • Joel laments a similar judgment: “The vine is dried up and the fig tree withers” (Joel 1:12). • Without vegetation, livestock perish and commerce collapses (Amos 4:9). • The verse therefore warns that sin’s cost is economic as well as spiritual; rebellion empties barns and hearts alike. and the greenery is no more “...and the greenery is no more” completes the picture—nothing living remains. • Deuteronomy 11:17 speaks of heaven being “shut so there will be no rain…so that the ground yields no produce.” • Revelation 8:7 shows an end-times echo: “all the green grass was burned up.” • Total loss of greenery means total loss of hope apart from God; the land itself mourns (Isaiah 24:4). summary Isaiah 15:6 delivers a four-fold escalation of judgment: the spring dries, the grass withers, the crops vanish, and every trace of green disappears. Historically this foretold Moab’s downfall; spiritually it reminds every generation that when people turn from the Lord, He can withdraw the very resources they presume will always be there. Yet His unchanging word remains the sure refuge for all who return to Him. |
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