Isaiah 15 15 Isaiah Oracles about the nations Russian Literal Text 1 GLT An oracle for Moab: So, in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, destroyed; so, in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, destroyed. BSB BSB: This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
2 GLT They have gone up to the temple, and Dibon{ to} the heights to weep. Over Nebo and over Medeba, Moab laments. All their heads{ are} bald, all beards{ are} cut off. BSB BSB: Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
3 GLT In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their housetops and in the square everyone wails, coming down in tears. BSB BSB: In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
4 GLT And Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; So the soldiers of Moab call out; his spirit trembles in him. BSB BSB: Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
5 GLT My heart cries out for Moab; those who flee to Zoar, the heifer of the third{ year}, for by the ascent of Luhith in weeping they go up; for on the road of Horonaim they lift up the cry of affliction. BSB BSB: My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
6 GLT For the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; For the grass{ is} dried up; the vegetation is finished; the greenery is not. BSB BSB: The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
7 GLT Therefore, the abundance they have made and their stores they carry away over the brook of the poplars. BSB BSB: So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
8 GLT For the cry has surrounded the region of Moab as far as Eglaim, her wail, and Beer Elim, her wail. BSB BSB: For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
9 GLT For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I shall bring more on Dimon. For survivors of Moab, a lion, and for the remnant of the land. BSB BSB: The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
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