For the waters of (A)Dibon[a] are full of blood;
    for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
(B)a lion for those of Moab who escape,
    for the remnant of the land.

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  1. Isaiah 15:9 Dead Sea Scroll, Vulgate (compare Syriac); Masoretic Text Dimon; twice in this verse

The waters of Dimon[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon[b]
a lion(A) upon the fugitives of Moab(B)
    and upon those who remain in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
  2. Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.