12 When Moab appears at her high place,(A)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(B) to pray,
    it is to no avail.(C)

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Dibon(A) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places(B) to weep;
    Moab wails(C) over Nebo(D) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved(E)
    and every beard cut off.(F)

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35 In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places(A)
    and burn incense(B) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.

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29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.(A) But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.(B)

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28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(A) overlooking the wasteland.

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14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah,(A) and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(B)

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39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

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46 Woe to you, Moab!(A)
    The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
    and your daughters into captivity.

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13 Then Moab will be ashamed(A) of Chemosh,(B)
    as Israel was ashamed
    when they trusted in Bethel.(C)

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Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(A)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(B) will go into exile,(C)
    together with his priests and officials.(D)

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Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;(A)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.(B)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm(C)
    nor can they do any good.”(D)

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13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(A)
    Let your astrologers(B) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(C) you from what is coming upon you.

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38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(A) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(B) And Esarhaddon(C) his son succeeded him as king.(D)

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16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(A)
    when you disciplined(B) them,
    they could barely whisper(C) a prayer.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(A)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(B)

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Our God is in heaven;(A)
    he does whatever pleases him.(B)
But their idols are silver and gold,(C)
    made by human hands.(D)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(E)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

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16 Give ear,(A) Lord, and hear;(B) open your eyes,(C) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

17 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods(D) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(E) 19 Now, Lord our God, deliver(F) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms(G) of the earth may know(H) that you alone, Lord, are God.”

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12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver(A) them—the gods of Gozan,(B) Harran,(C) Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

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27 Then he took his firstborn(A) son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.

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On a hill east(A) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(B) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(C) the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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17 “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(D)
    the skulls[a](E) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
  3. Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters

41 The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal,(A) and from there he could see the outskirts of the Israelite camp.(B)

Balaam’s First Message

23 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams(C) for me.” Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(D)

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.(E) Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

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