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The people of Dibon go to the temple,
    to the worship sites, to cry.
    Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.
    Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.[a]
In their streets they wear sackcloth.
    On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.
Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out.
    Their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
    Moab’s armed men cry out.
    Their courage is gone.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:2 The shaving of the head and the beard are signs of a people going into exile.

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)
In the streets they wear sackcloth;(G)
    on the roofs(H) and in the public squares(I)
they all wail,(J)
    prostrate with weeping.(K)
Heshbon(L) and Elealeh(M) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(N)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

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