The lamentable state of Moab.
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  15:1 ¶
The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought. |
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15:1 ¶
The burdenº
of Moab.º
Becauseº
in the nightº
Arº
of Moabº
is laid waste,ºº
[and] brought to silence;ºº
becauseº
in the nightº
Kirº
of Moabº
is laid waste,ºº
[and] brought to silence;ºº |
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15:2
They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. |
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15:2
He is gone upºº
to Bajith,º
and to Dibon,º
the high places,º
to weep:º
Moabº
shall howlºº
overº
Nebo,º
and overº
Medeba:º
on allº
their headsº
[shall be] baldness,º
[and] everyº
beardº
cut off.ººº |
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15:3
In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly. |
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15:3
In their streetsº
they shall girdºº
themselves with sackcloth:º
onº
the topsº
of their houses,º
and in their streets,º
every oneº
shall howl,ºº
weepingº
abundantly.ºº |
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15:4
And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him. |
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15:4
And Heshbonº
shall cry,ºº
and Elealeh:º
their voiceº
shall be heardºº
[even] untoº
Jahaz:º
thereforeºº
the armed soldiersºº
of Moabº
shall cry out;ºº
his lifeº
shall be grievousºº
unto him. |
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15:5
My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. |
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15:5
My heartº
shall cryº
outºº
for Moab;º
his fugitivesº
[shall flee] untoº
Zoar,º
an heiferº
of three years old:º
forº
by the mounting upº
of Luhithº
with weepingº
shall they go it up;ºº
forº
in the wayº
of Horonaimº
they shall raise upºº
a cryº
of destruction.º |
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15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing. |
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15:6
Forº
the watersº
of Nimrimº
shall beº
desolate:º
forº
the hayº
is withered away,ºº
the grassº
faileth,ºº
there isº
noº
green thing.º |
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15:7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows. |
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15:7
Thereforeºº
the abundanceº
they have gotten,ºº
and that which they have laid up,º
shall they carry awayºº
toº
the brookº
of the willows.º |
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15:8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim. |
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15:8
Forº
the cryº
is gone roundº
aboutººº
the bordersº
of Moab;º
the howlingºº
thereof untoº
Eglaim,º
and the howlingºº
thereof unto Beerelim.º |
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15:9
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land. |
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15:9
Forº
the watersº
of Dimonº
shall be fullºº
of blood:º
forº
I will bringºº
moreºº
uponº
Dimon,º
lionsº
upon him that escapethº
of Moab,º
and upon the remnantº
of the land.º |
