Isaiah 15:1-16

Judgment on Moab

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Surely in a night ^(B)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.

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They have gone up to the ^(b)temple and to ^(C)Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is ^(D)bald and every beard is cut off.

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In their streets they have girded themselves with ^(E)sackcloth;
^(F)On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, ^(c)^(G)dissolved in tears.

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^(H)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the ^(d)armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.

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My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as ^(I)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ^(J)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ^(K)over their ruin.

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For the ^(L)waters of Nimrim are ^(e)desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass ^(f)died out,
There is ^(M)no green thing.

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Therefore the ^(N)abundance which they have acquired and stored up
They carry off over the brook of ^(g)Arabim.

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For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.

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For the waters of Dimon are full of ^(h)blood;
Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,
A ^(O)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 15:1: ['Or ', burden of]

b. Isaiah 15:2: ['Lit ', house]

c. Isaiah 15:3: ['Lit ', going down in weeping]

d. Isaiah 15:4: ['Another reading is ', the loins of]

e. Isaiah 15:6: ['Lit ', desolations]

f. Isaiah 15:6: ['Lit ', come to an end]

g. Isaiah 15:7: ['Or ', the poplars]

h. Isaiah 15:9: ['Heb ', dam, ' (a wordplay)']

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 15:1: Isaiah 11:14; Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 48:1; Ezekiel 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zephaniah 2:8-11

B. Isaiah 15:1: Numbers 21:28

C. Isaiah 15:2: Jeremiah 48:18; Jeremiah 48:22

D. Isaiah 15:2: Leviticus 21:5; Jeremiah 48:37

E. Isaiah 15:3: Jonah 3:6-8

F. Isaiah 15:3: Jeremiah 48:38

G. Isaiah 15:3: Isaiah 22:4

H. Isaiah 15:4: Numbers 21:28; Numbers 32:3; Jeremiah 48:34

I. Isaiah 15:5: Jeremiah 48:34

J. Isaiah 15:5: Jeremiah 48:5

K. Isaiah 15:5: Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 4:20

L. Isaiah 15:6: Isaiah 19:5-7; Jeremiah 48:34

M. Isaiah 15:6: Joel 1:10-12; Joel 2:3

N. Isaiah 15:7: Isaiah 30:6; Jeremiah 48:36

O. Isaiah 15:9: Jeremiah 50:17