Isaiah 15

1THE ORACLE CONCERNING MOAB.

Surely in a destructive night shall Ar of Moab be cut off;

Surely in a destructive night shall Kir of Moab be cut off.

2He goeth up to Bajith and to Debon, the high places, to weep:

Over Nebo, and over Medeba, shall Moab howl:

On every head there is baldness; every beard is shorn.

3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth;

On their house-tops, and in their main-streets,

Every one shrieketh, melting into tears.

4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh;

Unto Jahaz is their voice heard:

Therefore do the warriors of Moab wail;

Their soul shuddereth within them.

5My heart crieth out for Moab,

Her fugitives wander even unto Zoar,

Unto Eglath-Schalischiia;

Yea the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they ascend;

Yea in the way of Horonaim shall they raise a cry of destruction.

6For the waters of Nimrim shall become desolate:

For the pasture is withered, the tender plant faileth, the green herb is no more.

7Therefore the remnant which they possess,

And that which they have laid up;

Shall they carry off to the valley of willows.

8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab;

Unto Eglaim her lamentation;

And to Beer-Elim her lamentation.

9Yea the waters of Dimon are full of blood:

Yet will I bring more evils upon Dimon;

Upon them of Moab that shall have escaped a lion,

And upon the remnant of the land.

Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.

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Isaiah 15

God will Destroy Moab

1 # Is 25.10–12; Jer 48.1–47; Ezek 25.8–11; Amos 2.1–3; Zeph 2.8–11 This is a message about Moab.

The cities of Ar and Kir are destroyed in a single night, and silence covers the land of Moab. 2The people of Dibon#15.2 Probable text people of Dibon; Hebrew people and Dibon. climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief. 3The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the housetops people mourn and cry. 4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone. 5My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly. 6The brook of Nimrim is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left. 7The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their possessions. 8Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim. 9At the town of Dibon the river is red with blood, and God has something even worse in store for the people there. Yes, there will be a bloody slaughter of everyone left in Moab.

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