Isaiah 14:28-15:9
New International Version
A Prophecy Against the Philistines
28 This prophecy(A) came in the year(B) King Ahaz(C) died:
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(D)
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(E)
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(F)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy(G) will lie down in safety.(H)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(I)
it will slay(J) your survivors.(K)
31 Wail,(L) you gate!(M) Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!(N)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(O)
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(P)
32 What answer shall be given
to the envoys(Q) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(R)
and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(S)”
A Prophecy Against Moab(T)
15 A prophecy(U) against Moab:(V)
Ar(W) in Moab is ruined,(X)
destroyed in a night!
Kir(Y) in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon(Z) goes up to its temple,
to its high places(AA) to weep;
Moab wails(AB) over Nebo(AC) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved(AD)
and every beard cut off.(AE)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;(AF)
on the roofs(AG) and in the public squares(AH)
they all wail,(AI)
prostrate with weeping.(AJ)
4 Heshbon(AK) and Elealeh(AL) cry out,
their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(AM)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out(AN) over Moab;(AO)
her fugitives(AP) flee as far as Zoar,(AQ)
as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim(AR)
they lament their destruction.(AS)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up(AT)
and the grass is withered;(AU)
the vegetation is gone(AV)
and nothing green is left.(AW)
7 So the wealth they have acquired(AX) and stored up
they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
their lamentation as far as Beer(AY) Elim.
9 The waters of Dimon[a] are full of blood,
but I will bring still more upon Dimon[b]—
a lion(AZ) upon the fugitives of Moab(BA)
and upon those who remain in the land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
- Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
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