Isaiah 15

A Pronouncement against Moab

¹A pronouncement concerning Moab: ^a

Ar in Moab is devastated, ^b

destroyed in a night.

Kir in Moab is devastated,

destroyed in a night.

²Dibon went up to its temple

to weep at its high places.

Moab wails on Nebo and at ^c Medeba.

Every head is shaved;

every beard is chopped short.

³In its streets they wear sackcloth;

on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,

falling down and weeping.

⁴Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;

their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. ^d

Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,

and they tremble.

⁵My heart cries out over Moab,

whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, ^e

to Eglath-shelishiyah;

they go up the Ascent of Luhith weeping;

they raise a cry of destruction

on the road to Horonaim.

⁶The Waters of Nimrim ^f are desolate;

the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,

and the vegetation has vanished.

⁷So they carry their wealth and belongings

over the Wadi of the Willows. ^g

⁸For their cry echoes

throughout the territory of Moab.

Their wailing reaches Eglaim;

their wailing reaches Beer-elim.

⁹The Waters of Dibon ^h are full of blood, ⁱ

but I will bring on Dibon even more than this —

a lion for those who escape from Moab,

and for the survivors in the land. ^j