Isaiah 15
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Isaiah 15:1-6

1The pronouncementH4853 concerning 1MoabH4124: CertainlyH3588 in a nightH3915 2ArH6144 of MoabH4124 is devastatedH7703 and ruinedH1820; CertainlyH3588 in a nightH3915 KirH7024 of MoabH4124 is devastatedH7703 and ruinedH1820.23The people have goneH5927 upH5927 to the 4templeH1004 and to 5DibonH1769, to the highH1116 placesH1116 to weepH1065. MoabH4124 wailsH3213 overH5921 NeboH5015 and MedebaH4311; Everyone’sH3605 headH7218 is 6baldH7144 and everyH3605 beardH2206 is cutH1639 offH1639.3In their streetsH2351 they have putH2296 onH2296 7sackclothH8242; 8On their housetopsH1406 and in their publicH7339 squaresH7339 EveryoneH3605 isH3213 wailingH3213, 910overcomeH3381 with weepingH1065.411HeshbonH2809 and ElealehH500 also cryH2199 outH2199, Their voiceH6963 is heardH8085 allH5704 theH5704 wayH5704 toH5704 JahazH3096; ThereforeH5921H3651 the 12armedH2502 men of MoabH4124 cryH7321 aloudH7321; His soulH5315 tremblesH3415 within him.5My heartH3820 criesH2199 outH2199 for MoabH4124; His fugitivesH1281 are as farH5704 as 13ZoarH6820 and Eglath-shelishiyahH5700H7992, For they goH5927 upH5927 the 14ascentH4608 of LuhithH3872 weepingH1065; IndeedH3588, on the roadH1870 to HoronaimH2773 they raiseH5782 a cryH2201 ofH2201 distressH2201 15over their collapseH7667.6For the 16watersH4325 of NimrimH5249 are 17desolateH4923. IndeedH3588, the grassH2682 is witheredH3001, the newH1877 growthH1877 has diedH3615, There is 18noH3808 greeneryH3418.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 15:1 Is 11:14; 25:10; Jer 48:1; Ezek 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph 2:8-11 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 15:1 Num 21:28 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 15:2 Lit He has gone; i.e., Moab, meaning the people of Moab ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 15:2 Lit house ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 15:2 Jer 48:18, 22 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 15:2 Lev 21:5; Jer 48:37 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 15:3 Jon 3:6-8 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 15:3 Jer 48:38 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 15:3 Lit going down in weeping ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 15:3 Is 22:4 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 15:4 Num 21:28; 32:3; Jer 48:34 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 15:4 Another reading is the loins of ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 15:5 Jer 48:34 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 15:5 Jer 48:5 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 15:5 Is 59:7; Jer 4:20 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 15:6 Is 19:5-7; Jer 48:34 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 15:6 Lit desolations ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 15:6 Joel 1:10-12; 2:3 ↩

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