Lux Domini
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Key themes

HopeSuffering and trialsJustice and mercyJudgment

Glossary

Heshbon Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Hesban.

Horonaim Place

Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance ( Isa. 15:5 ; Jer. 48:3 , 5, 34). Modern identification: El Iraq.

Jahaz Place

Trodden down. Modern identification: Khirbet el Medeiyineh.

Eglath-shelishiyah Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Al Safi.

Elealeh Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Al ‘Al.

Nimrim Place

The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab ( Isa. 15:6 ; Jer. 48:34 ); probably the modern Wady en-Nemeirah, a rich, verdant spot at the south-eastern end of the Dead Sea. Modern identification: Wadi en Numeirah.

Zoar Place

Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom ( Gen. 19:22 , 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). Modern identification: Al Safi.