Isaiah 15

A Prophecy Against Moab

16:6-12^pp — Jer 48:29–36

A prophecy^a concerning Moab:^b

Ar^c in Moab is ruined,^d

destroyed in a night!

Kir^e in Moab is ruined,

destroyed in a night!

Dibon^f goes up to its temple,

to its high places^g to weep;

Moab wails^h over Neboⁱ and Medeba.

Every head is shaved^j

and every beard cut off.^k

In the streets they wear sackcloth;^l

on the roofs^m and in the public squaresⁿ

they all wail,^o

prostrate with weeping.^p

Heshbon^q and Elealeh^r cry out,

their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^s

Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,

and their hearts are faint.

My heart cries out^t over Moab;^u

her fugitives^v flee as far as Zoar,^w

as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.

They go up the hill to Luhith,

weeping as they go;

on the road to Horonaim^x

they lament their destruction.^y

The waters of Nimrim are dried up^z

and the grass is withered;^a

the vegetation is gone^b

and nothing green is left.^c

So the wealth they have acquired^d and stored up

they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.

Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;

their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,

their lamentation as far as Beer^e Elim.

The waters of Dimon are full of blood,

but I will bring still more upon Dimon—

a lion^f upon the fugitives of Moab^g

and upon those who remain in the land.