Isaiah 15
15
God’s Message to Moab
1This is a message about Moab:
In one night armies took the wealth from Ar in Moab.
That night the city was destroyed.
In one night armies took the wealth from Kir in Moab.
That night the city was destroyed.
2The people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry.
The people of Moab cry for the cities of Nebo and Medeba.
Everyone has shaved his head and beard to show how sad he is.
3In the streets at Moab they wear rough cloth to show their sadness.
On the roofs# In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship and as a place to sleep in the summer. and in the public squares,
they are crying loudly.
4People in the cities Heshbon and Elealeh cry out loud.
You can hear their voices far away in the city Jahaz.
Even the soldiers are frightened.
They are shaking from fear.
5My heart cries with sorrow for Moab.
Its people run away to Zoar for safety.
They run to Eglath Shelishiyah.
People are going up the mountain road to Luhith.
They are crying as they go.
People are going on the road to Horonaim.
They cry out loud over their destruction.
6But the water of Nimrim has dried up.
The grass has dried up.
All the plants are dead.
Nothing green is left.
7So the people gather up what they have saved.
They carry those things and cross the Ravine of the Poplars.
8Crying is heard everywhere in Moab.
Their crying is heard as far away as the city Eglaim.
Their crying is heard as far away as Beer Elim.
9The water of the city Dibon is full of blood.
And I, the Lord, will bring even more troubles to Dibon.
A few people living in Moab have escaped the enemy.
But I will send lions to kill them.
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Isaiah 15
15
Oracle of Judgment on Moab
1An oracle of Moab:
Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed;
because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed.
2It has gone up to the house,#Or “temple”
and Dibon to the high places
for weeping over Nebo,
and Moab wails over Medeba.
Every head is bald,#Literally “On all its heads baldness”
every beard is shaved.
3They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets;
on its roofs and public squares everyone wails,
going down in weeping.
4And Heshbon and Elealeh cry#The Hebrew is singular out,
their voice is heard as far as Jahaz;
therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out;
its soul quivers#The Hebrew words for “cry out” and “quiver” are similar for him.
5My heart cries out for Moab;
its fugitives flee up to Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ascent of Luhith it goes up it with weeping;
for on the road of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
6For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands;
for the grass has withered,
the vegetation has vanished,
there is no greenness.
7Therefore they carry the abundance it has made
and their store of goods over the river of the poplars.
8For a cry for help has encircled the territory of Moab,
her wailing is heard as far as Eglaim,
and her wailing as far as Beer Elim.
9For the waters of Dimon#One of the Dead Sea Scrolls reads “Dibon” here are full of blood;
but I will place added things upon Dimon:
a lion for the survivors#Hebrew “survivor” of Moab
and for the remnant of the land.
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