| Chapter
15 |
1 | The
burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to
silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to
silence; |
2 | He is gone up
to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo,
and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut
off. |
3 | In their streets
they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in
their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. |
4 | And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh:
their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of
Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. |
5 | My heart shall cry out 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; for in the way of
Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. |
6 | For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the
hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. |
7 | Therefore the abundance they have
gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of
the willows. |
8 | For the
cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim,
and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. |
9 | For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I
will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the
remnant of the land. |