Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 15

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853ofMoabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124. For in anightבְּלֵ֞ילbe.LeilH3915Arעָ֤ר'arH6144ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124is laidwasteשֻׁדַּ֨דshu.DadH7703, and brought to nought; for in anightבְּלֵ֛ילbe.LeilH3915Kirקִיר־kir-H7024ofMoabמוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvH4124is laidwasteשֻׁדַּ֥דshu.DadH7703, and brought to nought.

2He isgoneH5927upH5927to Bayith, and toDibonוְדִיבֹ֛ןve.di.VonH1769, to thehighהַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116, toweepלְבֶ֑כִיle.Ve.khiH1065:Moabמוֹאָ֣בmo.'AvH4124howleth overNeboנְב֞וֹne.VoH5015, and overMedebaמֵֽידְבָא֙mei.de.Va'H4311: onallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theirheadsרֹאשָׁ֣יוro.ShavH7218isbaldnessקָרְחָ֔הka.re.ChahH7144,everyכָּל־kol-H3605beardזָקָ֖ןza.KanH2206iscutגְּרוּעָֽה׃ge.ru.'AhH1639offH5921.

3In theirstreetsבְּחוּצֹתָ֖יוbe.chu.tzo.TavH2351theygirdחָ֣גְרוּCha.ge.ruH2296themselvesעַ֣ל'alH5921withsackclothשָׂ֑קSakH8242: on theirhousetopsגַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָga.go.Tei.haH1406, and in their broadplacesH3605,everyH3605one howleth,weepingבַּבֶּֽכִי׃ba.Be.khiH1065abundantly.

4AndHeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙chesh.bOnH2809criethoutH2199, andElealehוְאֶלְעָלֵ֔הve.'el.'a.LehH500; theirvoiceקוֹלָ֑םko.LamH6963isheardנִשְׁמַ֣עnish.Ma'H8085evenעַד־'ad-H5704untoJahazיַ֖הַץYa.hatzH3096: therefore thearmedחֲלֻצֵ֤יcha.lu.TzeiH2502men ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124cryH2199aloudH2199; hissoulנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315tremblethwithinעַל־'al-H5921him.

5Myheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820criethoutH2199forMoabלְמוֹאָ֣בle.mo.'AvH4124;herH3588nobles flee untoZoarצֹ֖עַרTzo.'arH6820, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by theascentמַעֲלֵ֣הma.'a.LehH4608ofLuhithהַלּוּחִ֗יתha.lu.ChitH3872withweepingבִּבְכִי֙biv.KhiH1065theygoH5927upH5927; for in thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofHoronaimחוֹרֹנַ֔יִםcho.ro.Na.yimH2773theyraiseיְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃ye.'o.'E.ruH5782upH5927acryH2199ofdestructionשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7667.

6For thewatersמֵ֥יmeiH4325ofNimrimנִמְרִ֖יםnim.RimH5249shall bedesolateמְשַׁמּ֣וֹתme.sha.MotH4923: for thegrassחָצִיר֙cha.TzirH2682iswitheredיָבֵ֤שׁya.VeshH3001awayכָּ֣לָהKa.lahH3615, thetenderדֶ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877grassH2682faileth, there isnoלֹ֥אlo'H3808greenיֶ֖רֶקYe.rekH3418thingH3588.

7Therefore theabundanceיִתְרָ֣הyit.RahH3502they have gotten, and that which they havelaidH5375upH5375, shall theycarryיִשָּׂאֽוּם׃yi.sa.'UmH5375awayH5375to thebrookנַ֥חַלNa.chalH5158of thewillowsהָעֲרָבִ֖יםha.'a.ra.VimH6155.

8For thecryהַזְּעָקָ֖הha.ze.'a.KahH2201is goneroundהִקִּ֥יפָהhi.Ki.fahH5362about thebordersגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366ofMoabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124; the howling thereof untoEglaimאֶגְלַ֙יִם֙'eg.La.yimH97, and the howling thereof untoBeer-elimH879.

9For thewatersמֵ֤יmeiH4325ofDimonדִימוֹן֙di.mOnH1775arefullמָ֣לְאוּMal.'uH4390ofbloodדָ֔םDamH1818: for I willbringאָשִׁ֥ית'a.ShitH7896yetmoreנוֹסָפ֑וֹתno.sa.FotH3254uponH5921Dimonדִּימ֖וֹןdi.MonH1775, alionאַרְיֵ֔ה'ar.YehH738uponH5921him that escapeth ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124, anduponH5921theremnantוְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖יתve.lish.'e.RitH7611of thelandאֲדָמָֽה׃'a.da.MahH127.

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