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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Isaiah 15
15
A Message about Moab
1This message came to me concerning Moab:
In one night the town of Ar will be leveled,
and the city of Kir will be destroyed.
2Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn.
They will go to their sacred shrines to weep.
They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba,
shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
3They will wear burlap as they wander the streets.
From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.
4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out;
their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz!
The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror.
They will be helpless with fear.
5My heart weeps for Moab.
Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
6Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up!
The grassy banks are scorched.
The tender plants are gone;
nothing green remains.
7The people grab their possessions
and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.
8A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab
from one end to the other—
from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
9The stream near Dibon#15:9 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, some Greek manuscripts, and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads Dimon; also in 15:9b. runs red with blood,
but I am still not finished with Dibon!
Lions will hunt down the survivors—
both those who try to escape
and those who remain behind.
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