Isaiah 15:1-9
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Pronouncement against Moab (1-9)
15 A pronouncement against Moʹab:+
Because it has been devastated in a night,Ar+ of Moʹab has been silenced.
Because it has been devastated in a night,Kir+ of Moʹab has been silenced.
2 He has gone up to the House* and to Diʹbon,+To the high places to weep.
Moʹab wails over Neʹbo+ and over Medʹe·ba.+
Every head is shaved bald,+ every beard is clipped.+
3 In its streets they have put on sackcloth.
On their roofs and in their public squares they all wail;They go down weeping.+
4 Heshʹbon and E·le·aʹleh+ cry out;Their voice is heard as far as Jaʹhaz.+
That is why the armed men of Moʹab keep shouting.
He* is trembling.
5 My heart cries out over Moʹab.
Its fugitives have fled as far as Zoʹar+ and Egʹlath-she·liʹshi·yah.+
On the ascent of Luʹhith they weep as they go up;On the way to Hor·o·naʹim they cry out over the catastrophe.+
6 For the waters of Nimʹrim are desolate;The green grass has dried up,The grass is gone and nothing green is left.
7 That is why they are carrying away what is left of their stores and their riches;They are crossing the valley* of poplars.
8 For the outcry echoes throughout the territory of Moʹab.+
The wailing reaches to Eg·laʹim;The wailing reaches to Beʹer-eʹlim.
9 For the waters of Diʹmon are full of blood,And I have more in store for Diʹmon:
A lion for those of Moʹab who escapeAnd for those remaining in the land.+
