Chapter 15

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste,²⁷ [and] brought to silence;⁸ because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste,²⁷ [and] brought to silence;⁸

He is gone up¹ to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl⁵⁵ over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.⁷

In their streets they shall gird¹ themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,⁵⁵ weeping abundantly.⁶

And Heshbon shall cry,⁴ and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard⁸ [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers⁷ of Moab shall cry out;⁵⁵ his life shall be grievous¹ unto him.

My heart shall cry out⁴ for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;⁴ for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up³⁴ a cry of destruction.

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away,¹ the grass faileth,¹ there is no green thing.

Therefore the abundance they have gotten,¹ and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away⁴ to the brook of the willows.

For the cry is gone round about⁵² the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

For the waters of Dimon shall be full¹ of blood: for I will bring⁴ more¹² upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.