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Isaiah 15
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An Oracle Concerning Moab
1An 15:1 [See ch. 14:28above] oracle concerning 15:1 See Jer. 48; Ezek. 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph. 2:8, 9Moab.

Because 15:1 Num. 21:15, 28Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because 15:1 [ch. 16:7, 11]Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.
2He has gone up to the temple,15:2 Hebrew the house and to 15:2 Num. 21:30Dibon,
to the high places15:2 Or temple, even Dibon to the high places to weep;
over 15:2 Deut. 34:1Nebo and over 15:2 Num. 21:30Medeba
Moab 15:2 ch. 13:6wails.
On every head is 15:2 See ch. 3:24baldness;
every beard is shorn;
3in the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
415:4 Num. 32:37Heshbon and 15:4 Num. 32:37Elealeh cry out;
their voice is heard as far as 15:4 Jer. 48:34Jahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
his soul trembles.
5My heart cries out for Moab;
her fugitives flee to Zoar,
to 15:5 [See ver. 4above] Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the 15:5 Jer. 48:5ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to 15:5 Jer. 48:5Horonaim
they raise a cry of destruction;
6the waters of 15:6 [Num. 32:36]Nimrim
are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
the greenery is no more.
715:7 Jer. 48:36Therefore the abundance they have gained
and what they have laid up
they carry away
over the Brook of the Willows.
8For a cry has gone
around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
9For the waters of 15:9 [ver. 2] Dibon15:9 Dead Sea Scroll, Vulgate (compare Syriac); Masoretic Text Dimon; twice in this verse are full of blood;
for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
15:9 [2 Kgs. 17:25; Jer. 50:17]a lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.