1 Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!
1 The (a)oracle concerning (A)Moab.Surely in a night (B)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
1 An oracle against Moab:(A)Ar in Moab is devastated,(B)destroyed in a night.Kir in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night.
1 A message concerning Moab: "For Ir in Moab is destroyed in a night, and Moab is ruined! Because Ir in Moab is destroyed in a single night, Moab is ruined!
2 They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.
2 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.
2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
2 Dibon went up to its templeto weep at its high places.Moab wails on Nebo and at(a) Medeba.Every head is shaved;every beard is cut off.
2 He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off.
3 In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.
3 In their streets they have girded themselves with (E)sackcloth;(F)On their housetops and in their squaresEveryone is wailing, (c)(G)dissolved in tears.
3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
3 In its streets they wear sackcloth;on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,falling down and weeping.
3 In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping.
4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab's soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.
4 (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.
4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.(C)Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,and they tremble.(b)
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the loins of Moab cry aloud; its heart quakes for itself.
5 My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.
5 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.
5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
5 My heart cries out over Moab,whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,(D)to Eglath-shelishiyah;they go up the slope of Luhith weeping;they raise a cry of destructionon the road to Horonaim.
5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.
6 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.
6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
6 The waters of Nimrim(E) are desolate;the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,and the vegetation has vanished.
6 The Nimrim waters are desolate; the grass is withered, its vegetation gone; there is no foliage left.
7 For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.
7 Therefore the (N)abundance which they have acquired and stored upThey carry off over the brook of (g)Arabim.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
7 Therefore the wealth they have acquired and what they have stored up they carry them away over the Arab Wadi.
8 Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.
8 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.
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
8 For their cry echoesthroughout the territory of Moab.Their wailing reaches Eglaim;their wailing reaches Beer-elim.
8 For the cry has gone out along the border of Moab; her wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, her wailing reaches as far as Beer-elim.
9 Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.
9 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.
9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
9 The waters of Dibon(c) are full of blood,(G)but I will bring on Dibon(d) even more than this—a lion for those who escape from Moab,and for the survivors in the land.(H) >
9 The Dibon streams are full of blood; but I will bring upon Dibon even more a lion will pounce upon those of Moab who escape, upon those who remain in the land."
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