The lamentable state of Moab.
 15:1 ¶
The burdenº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָב.º
Becauseº
in the nightº
`Är
עָרº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָבº
is laid waste,ºº
[and] brought to silence;ºº
becauseº
in the nightº
Kîr
קִירº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָבº
is laid waste,ºº
[and] brought to silence;ºº |
|
 15:1 ¶
The burden of Moav. Because in the night Ar of Moav is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Qir of Moav is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; |
 15:2
He is gone upºº
to
Bayi±
בַּיִת,º
and to
Dîvôn
דִּיבוֹן,º
the high places,º
to weep:º
Mô´äv
מוֹאָבº
shall howlºº
overº
Nævô
נְבוֹ,º
and overº
Mêðvä´
מֵידבָא:º
on allº
their headsº
[shall be] baldness,º
[and] everyº
beardº
cut off.ººº |
|
 15:2
He is gone up to Bayith, and to Divon, the high places, to weep: Moav shall howl over Nevo, and over Medva: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off. |
 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 |
|
 15:3
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. |
 15:4
And
Çešbôn
חֶשׁבּוֹןº
shall cry,ºº
and
´El`älì
אֶלעָלֵה:º
their voiceº
shall be heardºº
[even] untoº
Yahax
יַהַץ:º
thereforeºº
the armed soldiersºº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָבº
shall cry out;ºº
his lifeº
shall be grievousºº
unto him. |
|
 15:4
And Cheshbon shall cry, and Elaleh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Yahatz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moav shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. |
 15:5
My heartº
shall cryº
outºº
for
Mô´äv
מוֹאָב;º
his fugitivesº
[shall flee] untoº
Xö`ar
צֹעַר,º
an heiferº
of three years old:º
forº
by the mounting upº
of
Lûçî±
לוּחִיתº
with weepingº
shall they go it up;ºº
forº
in the wayº
of
Çôrönayim
חוֹרֹנַיִםº
they shall raise upºº
a cryº
of destruction.º |
|
 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moav; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Tzoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luchith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Choronayim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. |
 15:6
Forº
the watersº
of
Nimrîm
נִמרִיםº
shall beº
desolate:º
forº
the hayº
is withered away,ºº
the grassº
faileth,ºº
there isº
noº
green thing.º |
|
 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. |
 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 |
|
 15:7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. |
 15:8
Forº
the cryº
is gone roundº
aboutººº
the bordersº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָב;º
the howlingºº
thereof untoº
´Eqlayim
אֶגלַיִם,º
and the howlingºº
thereof unto
Bæ´ër ´Êlîm
בְּאֵר־אֵילִים.º |
|
 15:8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moav; the howling thereof unto Eglayim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-Elim. |
 15:9
Forº
the watersº
of
Dîmôn
דִּימוֹןº
shall be fullºº
of blood:º
forº
I will bringºº
moreºº
uponº
Dîmôn
דִּימוֹן,º
lionsº
upon him that escapethº
of
Mô´äv
מוֹאָב,º
and upon the remnantº
of the land.º |
|
 15:9
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moav, and upon the remnant of the land. |