Isaiah 15–16

The ^aburden of ^bMoab.

Because ^cin the night ^dAr of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

^eBecause in the night ^fKir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

²He is gone up to ^ffBajith, and to ^gDibon, ^hthe high places, to weep:

Moab ⁱshall howl over ^kNebo, and over ^lMedeba:

On all their heads shall be ^mbaldness, and ⁿevery beard cut off.

³In their streets they shall ^ogird themselves with sackcloth:

^pOn the tops of their houses, and ^pin their streets,

^ppEvery one ⁱshall howl, weeping abundantly.

⁴And ^qHeshbon shall cry, and ^rElealeh:

Their voice shall be heard even unto ^sJahaz:

Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;

His life shall be grievous unto him.

^5tMy heart shall cry out for Moab;

His ^ufugitives shall flee unto ^vZoar,

^wA heifer of three years old:

For ^xby the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;

For in the way of ^yHoronaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

⁶For ^zthe waters of ^aNimrim shall be ^zdesolate:

For the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

^7bTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up,

Shall they carry away to the ^cbrook of the willows.

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

The howling thereof unto ^dEglaim, and the howling thereof unto ^eBeer-elim.

⁹For the waters of ^fDimon shall be full of blood:

For I will bring more upon ^fDimon,

^gLions upon ^hhim that escapeth of Moab,

And upon the remnant of the land.

XVI.Send ye ^athe lamb to the ruler of the land

From Sela to the wilderness,

Unto ^bthe mount of the daughter of Zion.

²For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of ^dthe nest,

So the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of ^ddArnon.

³Take counsel, execute judgment;

^eMake thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday;

Hide ^fthe outcasts; ^gbewray not him that wandereth.

⁴Let mine ^foutcasts dwell with thee, Moab;

^hBe thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler:

For the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth,

The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

⁵And in mercy ⁱshall the throne be established:

And he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David,

^kJudging, and seeking judgment, and ^lhasting righteousness.

^6mWe have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud:

Even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath:

But ⁿhis lies shall ^onot be so.

⁷Therefore shall Moab ^phowl for Moab, ^ppevery one shall howl:

For the foundations of ^pqKir-hareseth shall ye ^rmourn; surely they are stricken.

⁸For ^sthe fields of Heshbon ^tlanguish, and ^uthe vine of ^vSibmah:

The lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,

^wThey are come even unto ^xJazer, ^wthey wandered through the wilderness:

Her branches are ^ystretched out, they are gone over ^uthe sea.

⁹Therefore I ^uwill bewail with the weeping of ^xJazer the vine of ^vSibmah:

I will water thee with my tears, ^sO Heshbon, and ^sElealeh:

For ^zthe shouting for ^uthy summer fruits and for ^uthy harvest is fallen.

^10aAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of ^bthe plentiful field;

And ^cin the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting:

The treaders shall tread out no ^awine in their ^dpresses;

I have ^emade their vintage ^zshouting to cease.

¹¹Wherefore ^fmy bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab,

And mine inward parts for ^qKir-haresh.

¹²And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on ^gthe high place,

That he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

¹³This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab ^hsince that time.

¹⁴But now the Lord hath spoken, saying,

Within three years, ⁱas the years of a hireling,

And the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude;

And the remnant shall be ^kvery small and feeble.

XVII.