Isaiah 15

Judgment on Moab

1The 1oracle concerning 2Moab. Surely in a night 3Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.2They have gone up to the 4temple and to 5Dibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone’s head is 6bald and every beard is cut off.3In their streets they have girded themselves with 7sackcloth; 8On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, 910dissolved in tears.411Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the 12armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him.5My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as 13Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the 14ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress 15over their ruin.6For the 16waters of Nimrim are 17desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass 18died out, There is 19no green thing.7Therefore the 20abundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of 21Arabim.8For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab, Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.9For the waters of Dimon are full of 22blood; Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon, A 23lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.