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Isaiah 15
New King James Version

### Proclamation Against Moab

15 The (A)burden[a] against Moab.

Because in the night (B)Ar of (C)Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,
Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,
2 He has gone up to the [b]temple and Dibon,
To the high places to weep.
Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
(D)On all their heads will be baldness,
And every beard cut off.
3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth;
On the tops of their houses
And in their streets
Everyone will wail, (E)weeping bitterly.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out,
Their voice shall be heard as far as (F)Jahaz;
Therefore the [c]armed soldiers of Moab will cry out;
His life will be burdensome to him.

5 “My(G) heart will cry out for Moab;
His fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
Like [d]a three-year-old heifer.
For (H)by the Ascent of Luhith
They will go up with weeping;
For in the way of Horonaim
They will raise up a cry of destruction,
6 For the waters (I)of Nimrim will be desolate,
For the green grass has withered away;
The grass fails, there is nothing green.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gained,
And what they have laid up,
They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab,
Its wailing to Eglaim
And its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 For the waters of [e]Dimon will be full of blood;
Because I will bring more upon Dimon,
(J)Lions upon him who escapes from Moab,
And on the remnant of the land.”

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 15:1 oracle, prophecy
2. Isaiah 15:2 Heb. bayith, lit. house
3. Isaiah 15:4 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. loins
4. Isaiah 15:5 Or The Third Eglath, an unknown city, Jer. 48:34
5. Isaiah 15:9 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, Vg. Dibon; LXX Rimon

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 15:1 : 2 Kin. 3:4
2. Isaiah 15:1 : Deut. 2:9; Num. 21:28
3. Isaiah 15:1 : Is. 15:1—16:14; Jer. 25:21; 48:1–47; Amos 2:1–3; Zeph. 2:8–11
4. Isaiah 15:2 : Lev. 21:5; Jer. 48:37
5. Isaiah 15:3 : Jer. 48:38
6. Isaiah 15:4 : Num. 21:28; 32:3; Jer. 48:34
7. Isaiah 15:5 : Is. 16:11; Jer. 48:31
8. Isaiah 15:5 : Jer. 48:5
9. Isaiah 15:6 : Num. 32:36
10. Isaiah 15:9 : 2 Kin. 17:25; Jer. 50:17

New King James Version (NKJV)

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