Isa 15:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. tops of ... houses-- flat; places of resort for prayer, &c., in the East ( ). weeping abundantly-- "melting away in tears." Horsley prefers "descending to weep." Thus there is a "parallelism by alternate construction" [Lowth], or chiasmus; "howl" refers to "tops of houses." "Descending to weep" to "streets" or squares, whither they descend from the housetops.

‏ Isaiah 15:3

3. tops of ... houses--flat; places of resort for prayer, &c., in the East (Ac 10:9).

weeping abundantly--"melting away in tears." Horsley prefers "descending to weep." Thus there is a "parallelism by alternate construction" [Lowth], or chiasmus; "howl" refers to "tops of houses." "Descending to weep" to "streets" or squares, whither they descend from the housetops.