Isaiah · American Standard Version (1901)
Isaiah 15 American Standard Version (1901)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought.
1 The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
3 In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.
3 In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
4 And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.
5 My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.
7 Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.
8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab, its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.
9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of the land.
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Amos 2:1–3; Jeremiah 48:1–47; Isaiah 11:14; Ezekiel 25:8–11; Numbers 21:28
- 2 Jeremiah 48:1; Leviticus 21:5; Jeremiah 48:18; Isaiah 3:24; Numbers 21:30
- 3 Jonah 3:6–8; 2 Samuel 3:31; Matthew 11:21; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah 19:13
- 4 Jeremiah 48:34; Numbers 32:3–4; Numbers 21:23; Jeremiah 8:3; Jonah 4:3
- 5 Jeremiah 48:5; Jeremiah 4:20; Luke 19:41–44; Jeremiah 48:31–36; Genesis 14:2
- 6 Joel 1:10–12; Isaiah 19:5–7; Numbers 32:36; Habakkuk 3:17–18; Revelation 8:7
- 7 Jeremiah 48:36; Psalm 137:1–2; Isaiah 10:6; Nahum 2:12–13; Isaiah 30:6
- 8 Isaiah 15:2–5; Ezekiel 47:10; Jeremiah 48:31–34; Jeremiah 48:20–24
- 9 2 Kings 17:25; Leviticus 26:21–22; Jeremiah 48:43–45; Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 50:17
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