Isaiah 15
15
1The burden of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]. Because in the night ‘Ar [A City] of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir [wall] of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;
2He is gone up to Bayit [the temple], and to Divon [Wasting], the high places, to weep: Mo’av [Seed of my Father] shall howl over Nevo [Prophet], and over Meidva [Water of Rest]: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.
3In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, everyone shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4And Heshbon [Stronghold] shall cry, and El’aleh [God is Ascending]: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Yachatz [Trampled Down]: therefore the armed soldiers of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5My heart shall cry out for Mo’av [Seed of my Father]; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Tzo’ar [Insignificance], an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luchit [tablets (small, flat ornaments or jewelry)] with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonayim [two caves] [two caves] they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6For the waters of Nimrim [pure] shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.
7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]; the howling thereof unto Eglayim [double reservoir], and the howling thereof unto Be’er-Elim [well of God].
9For the waters of Dimon [river bed or silence] shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon [river bed or silence], lions upon him that escapes of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and upon the remnant of the land.
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Isaiah 15
15
A Pronouncement against Moab
1A pronouncement concerning Moab:#Gn 19:31–37; Is 11:14; 25:10; Jr 48:1–38; Ezk 25:8–11; Am 2:1–3; Zph 2:8–9
Ar in Moab is devastated,#Nm 21:28
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.
2Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at#15:2 Or wails over Nebo and over Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is chopped short.
3In its streets they wear sackcloth;
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.
4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.#Nm 21:28; 32:3; Jr 48:34
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.
5My heart cries out over Moab,
whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,#Gn 19:21–22
to Eglath-shelishiyah;
they go up the Ascent of Luhith weeping;
they raise a cry of destruction
on the road to Horonaim.
6The Waters of Nimrim#Nm 32:3,36; Jos 13:27 are desolate;
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.
7So they carry their wealth and belongings
over the Wadi of the Willows.#Is 30:6; Jr 48:36
8For their cry echoes
throughout the territory of Moab.
Their wailing reaches Eglaim;
their wailing reaches Beer-elim.
9The Waters of Dibon#15:9 DSS, some LXX mss, Vg; MT reads Dimon, twice in this v. are full of blood,#2Kg 3:22–23
but I will bring on Dibon even more than this —
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.#2Sm 23:20; 1Ch 11:22
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