Isaiah 15
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- 1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.
- 2He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and Medeba. On all their heads will be baldness, and every beard will be cut off.
- 3In their streets, they wrap themselves in sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
- 4Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and their voices will be heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; his life will be grievous to him.
- 5My heart will cry out for Moab; his fugitives will flee to Zoar, a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they will go up; for in the way of Horonaim they will raise up a cry of destruction.
- 6The waters of Nimrim have dried up. The hay has withered, the grass has failed, and nothing green remains.
- 7Therefore, the abundance they have acquired and what they have stored up will be carried away to the Brook of the Willows.
- 8The sound of weeping echoes across Moab's borders — wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, and wailing reaches Beer Elim.
- 9The waters of Dimon run red with blood, and I will bring still more upon Dimon — lions to hunt down those who escape from Moab and whoever remains in the land.