Isaiah 15 (NET)

Isaiah 15:1¹This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 2:1-3Jer 48:1-47Ezek 25:8-11Isa 11:14Num 21:281 Thess 5:1-3Isa 14:28Isa 16:11Isa 16:7Isa 25:10

Isaiah 15:2²They went up to the temple; the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:1Lev 21:5Deut 34:1Isa 3:24Jer 48:18Num 21:30Deut 14:1Ezek 7:18Isa 14:31Isa 15:3

Isaiah 15:3³In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail; they fall down weeping.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 3:6-82 Kgs 6:302 Sam 3:31Deut 22:8Isa 15:2Isa 22:1Isa 22:4Jer 19:13Jer 48:38-39Matt 11:21

Isaiah 15:4⁴The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:341 Kgs 19:4Deut 2:32Gen 27:46Isa 16:8-9Jer 20:18Jer 8:3Job 3:20-22Job 7:15-16Jonah 4:3

Isaiah 15:5⁵My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:5Jer 4:20Jer 48:31-36Luke 19:41-442 Sam 15:232 Sam 15:30Gen 13:10Gen 14:2Gen 19:22Isa 16:14

Isaiah 15:6⁶For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 19:5-7Joel 1:10-12Num 32:36Hab 3:17-18Isa 16:9-10Josh 13:27Num 32:3Rev 8:7Jer 48:34

Isaiah 15:7⁷For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:36Isa 10:14Isa 10:6Isa 30:6Isa 5:29Nah 2:12-13Ps 137:1-2

Isaiah 15:8⁸Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 47:10Isa 15:2-5Jer 48:20-24Jer 48:31-34

Isaiah 15:9⁹Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:25Amos 5:19Jer 15:3Jer 48:43-45Jer 50:17Lev 26:18Lev 26:21-22Lev 26:24Lev 26:28