Isaiah 15
Revised Geneva Translation
15 The burden of Moab. Surely, Ar of Moab was destroyed, brought to silence in a night. Surely, Kir of Moab was destroyed, brought to silence in a night.
2 He shall go up to the Temple, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. For Nebo and for Medeba shall Moab howl. Upon all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.
3 In their streets, they shall be girded with sackcloth. On the tops of their houses, and in their streets, everyone shall howl and come down with weeping.
4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh. Their voice shall be heard to Jahaz. Therefore, the warriors of Moab shall shout. The soul of everyone shall lament in himself.
5 “My heart shall cry for Moab. Its fugitives shall flee to Zoar, as a heifer of three years old. For they shall go up with weeping by the mounting up of Luhith. And by the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6 “For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up. Therefore, the grass is withered, the herbs consumed. There was no green herb.
7 “Therefore, what has been left, and their substance, they shall bear to the brook of the willows.
8 “For the cry went all around about the borders of Moab, its howling to Eglaim, and its shrieking to Beer Elim,
9 “Because the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood. For I will bring more upon Dimon, even lions, upon him who escapes from Moab, and to the remnant of the land.”
Isaiah 15
EasyEnglish Bible
A message about Moab
15 This is a message about Moab:
In one night an enemy has destroyed Ar.
In one night they have destroyed Kir.
Those towns in Moab are now a heap of stones!
2 The people in Dibon have gone up to their temple to weep. They have gone up to the altars where they worship their gods. Moab's people are weeping because of what has happened at Nebo and Medeba. They are so upset that they have cut off their hair and their beards. 3 They are wearing rough sackcloth in the streets. On the roofs of their houses and in the open places in their towns, they are weeping. They fall to the ground as they weep.
4 The people in Heshbon and Elealeh cry aloud. People as far as Jahaz hear the sound of their voices! The soldiers of Moab cry aloud because they are afraid. They are shaking with fear.
5 I am very upset because of what is happening to Moab's people. They are running away, as far as Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah.
They weep while they climb up the hill to Luhith.
On the road to Horonaim they shout aloud,
‘An enemy has destroyed us!’
6 Streams in Nimrim valley have become dry.
The grass has died. No green plants remain.
7 So Moab's people are leaving.
They are going across Willow stream.
They are carrying away their things
and the food that they had stored.
8 Everywhere in Moab's country the people are calling out for help.
The noise of their sad songs has reached Eglaim and Beer-Elim.
9 Blood fills the streams of Dimon.
But I, the Lord, will cause even more trouble to happen there.
A lion is ready to attack!
Those who are trying to escape will die,
as well as those who remain in the land.
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