Isaiah - Chapter 15 | Good News Translation

  • 1. This is a message about Moab. The cities of Ar and Kir are destroyed in a single night, and silence covers the land of Moab.
  • 2. The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.
  • 3. The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry.
  • 4. The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.
  • 5. My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.
  • 6. Nimrim Brook is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left.
  • 7. The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their possessions.
  • 8. Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim.
  • 9. At the town of Dibon the river is red with blood, and God has something even worse in store for the people there. Yes, there will be a bloody slaughter of everyone left in Moab.
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