Isaiah · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Isaiah 15 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;
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 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard 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 shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, 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 shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto 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 shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall 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 hay is withered away, the 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 to 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 howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling 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 shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, 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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