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1 The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
3 In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.
5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
7 Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of the land.
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Cross-references in Isaiah 15 (22)
- v.1 Amos 2:1-3
- v.9 2 Kings 17:25
- v.1 Jeremiah 48:1-47
- v.5 Jeremiah 48:5
- v.1 Isaiah 11:14
- v.1 Ezekiel 25:8-11
- v.1 Numbers 21:28
- v.2 Jeremiah 48:1
- v.2 Leviticus 21:5
- v.3 Jonah 3:6-8
- v.4 Jeremiah 48:34
- v.5 Jeremiah 4:20
- v.6 Numbers 32:36
- v.1 Isaiah 16:7
- v.1 Isaiah 25:10
- v.1 Isaiah 16:11
- v.2 Numbers 21:30
- v.2 Deuteronomy 34:1
- v.2 Jeremiah 48:18
- v.2 Isaiah 3:24
- v.5 Jeremiah 48:31-36
- v.5 Luke 19:41-44
Hebrew interlinear — Isaiah 15:1–9 (124 words)
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- מַשָּׂ֖אmaśśāʾmassa': a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterageH4853
- מוֹאָ֑בmôʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- כִּ֠יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- בְּלֵ֞ילbĕlêllayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
- שֻׁדַּ֨דšuddadshadad: (properly) to be burly; (figuratively) to be powerfulH7703
- עָ֤רʿār`Ar: a city; Ar, a place in MoabH6144
- מוֹאָב֙môʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- נִדְמָ֔הnidmâdamah: to be dumb or silent; (hence) to fail or perishH1820
- כִּ֗יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- בְּלֵ֛ילbĕlêllayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
- שֻׁדַּ֥דšuddadshadad: (properly) to be burly; (figuratively) to be powerfulH7703
- קִירqîrQiyr: fortress; Kir, a place in AssyrianH7024
- מוֹאָ֖בmôʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- נִדְמָֽה׃nidmâdamah: to be dumb or silent; (hence) to fail or perishH1820
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- עָלָ֨הʿālâ`alah: to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)H5927
- הַבַּ֧יִתhabbayitBayith: Bajith, a place in IsraelH1006
- וְדִיבֹ֛ןwĕdîbōnDiybown: pining; Dibon, the name of three places in IsraelH1769
- הַבָּמ֖וֹתhabbāmôtbamah: an elevationH1116
- לְבֶ֑כִיlĕbekîBkiy: a weeping; by analogy, a drippingH1065
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נְב֞וֹnĕbôNbow: Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in IsraelH5015
- וְעַ֤לwĕʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- מֵֽידְבָא֙mêdĕbāʾMeydba': water of quiet; Medeba, a place in IsraelH4311
- מוֹאָ֣בmôʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- יְיֵלִ֔ילyĕyēlîlyalal: to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)H3213
- בְּכָלbĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- רֹאשָׁ֣יוrōʾšāywro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
- קָרְחָ֔הqorḥâqorchah: baldnessH7144
- כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- זָקָ֖ןzāqānzaqan: the beard (as indicating age)H2206
- גְּרוּעָֽה׃gĕrûʿâgara`: to scrape off; (by implication) to shave, remove, lessen, withholdH1639
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- בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יוbĕḥûṣōtāywchuwts: (properly) separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoorsH2351
- חָ֣גְרוּḥāgĕrûchagar: to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)H2296
- שָׂ֑קśāqsaq: (properly) a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and...H8242
- עַ֣לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָgaggôtêhāgag: a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarH1406
- וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָûbirḥōbōtêhārchob: a width; (concretely) avenue or areaH7339
- כֻּלֹּ֥הkullōkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- יְיֵלִ֖ילyĕyēlîlyalal: to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)H3213
- יֹרֵ֥דyōrēdyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
- בַּבֶּֽכִי׃babbekîBkiy: a weeping; by analogy, a drippingH1065
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- וַתִּזְעַ֤קwattizʿaqza`aq: to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publiclyH2199
- חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ḥešbônCheshbown: Cheshbon, a place East of the JordanH2809
- וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔הwĕʾelʿālēEl`ale': God (is) going up; Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the JordanH500
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- יַ֖הַץyahaṣYahats: perhaps threshing-floor; Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the JordanH3096
- נִשְׁמַ֣עnišmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
- קוֹלָ֑םqôlāmqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- כֵּ֗ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- חֲלֻצֵ֤יḥăluṣêchalats: to pull off; (hence, intensively) to stripH2502
- מוֹאָב֙môʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- יָרִ֔יעוּyārîʿûruwa`: to mar (especially by breaking); (figuratively) to split the ears (with sound)H7321
- נַפְשׁ֖וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- יָ֥רְעָהyārĕʿâyara`: (properly) to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fearH3415
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- לִבִּי֙libbiyleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
- לְמוֹאָ֣בlĕmôʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- יִזְעָ֔קyizʿāqza`aq: to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publiclyH2199
- בְּרִיחֶ֕הָbĕrîḥehābriyach: a boltH1280
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- צֹ֖עַרṣōʿarTso`ar: little; Tsoar, a place East of the JordanH6820
- עֶגְלַ֣תʿeglat`eglah: a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)H5697
- שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑הšĕlišiyyâshliyshiy: third; feminine a third (part)H7992
- כִּ֣י׀kîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- מַעֲלֵ֣הmaʿălēma`aleh: an elevation; (concretely) acclivity or platformH4608
- הַלּוּחִ֗יתhallûḥîtLuwchiyth: floored; Luchith, a place East of the JordanH3872
- בִּבְכִי֙bibkiyBkiy: a weeping; by analogy, a drippingH1065
- יַֽעֲלֶהyaʿăle`alah: to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)H5927
- בּ֔וֹbô
- כִּ֚יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- דֶּ֣רֶךְderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
- חוֹרֹנַ֔יִםḥôrōnayimChoronayim: double cave-town; Choronajim, a place in MoabH2773
- זַעֲקַתzaʿăqatza`aq: a shriek or outcryH2201
- שֶׁ֖בֶרšebersheber: a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)H7667
- יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃yĕʿōʿērû`uwr: to wake (literally or figuratively)H5782
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- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- מֵ֥יmêmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- נִמְרִ֖יםnimrîmNimriym: clear waters; Nimrim, a place East of the JordanH5249
- מְשַׁמּ֣וֹתmĕšammôtmshammah: a waste or amazementH4923
- יִֽהְי֑וּyihĕyûhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- יָבֵ֤שׁyābēšyabesh: to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)H3001
- חָצִיר֙ḥāṣîrchatsiyr: grass; also a leek (collectively)H2682
- כָּ֣לָהkālâkalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
- דֶ֔שֶׁאdešeʾdeshe': a sprout; by analogy, grassH1877
- יֶ֖רֶקyereqyereq: (properly) pallor; (hence) the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetationH3418
- לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- הָיָֽה׃hāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
7
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- כֵּ֖ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- יִתְרָ֣הyitrâyithrah: (properly) excellence; (by implication) wealthH3502
- עָשָׂ֑הʿāśâ`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- וּפְקֻדָּתָ֔םûpĕquddātāmpquddah: visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)H6486
- עַ֛לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נַ֥חַלnaḥalnachal: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)H5158
- הָעֲרָבִ֖יםhāʿărābîm`arab: a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)H6155
- יִשָּׂאֽוּם׃yiśśāʾûmnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
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- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- הִקִּ֥יפָהhiqqîpânaqaph: to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode)H5362
- הַזְּעָקָ֖הhazzĕʿāqâza`aq: a shriek or outcryH2201
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- גְּב֣וּלgĕbûlgbuwl: (properly) a cord (as twisted); (by implication) a boundaryH1366
- מוֹאָ֑בmôʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ʾeglayimEglayim: a double pond; Eglajim, a place in MoabH97
- יִלְלָתָ֔הּyillātāhylalah: a howlH3215
- וּבְאֵ֥רûbĕʾēr
- אֵילִ֖יםʾêlîmwell of heroes; Beer-Elim, a place in the DesertH879
- יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃yillātāhylalah: a howlH3215
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- כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- מֵ֤יmêmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- דִימוֹן֙dîmônDiymown: Dimon, a place in IsraelH1775
- מָ֣לְאוּmālĕʾûmale': to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)H4390
- דָ֔םdāmdam: blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animalH1818
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- אָשִׁ֥יתʾāšîtshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- דִּימ֖וֹןdîmônDiymown: Dimon, a place in IsraelH1775
- נוֹסָפ֑וֹתnôsāpôtyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
- לִפְלֵיטַ֤תliplêṭatpleytah: deliverance; (concretely) an escaped portionH6413
- מוֹאָב֙môʾābMow'ab: Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsH4124
- אַרְיֵ֔הʾaryēariy: a lionH738
- וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖יתwĕlišʾērîtsh'eriyth: a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portionH7611
- אֲדָמָֽה׃ʾădāmâadamah: soil (from its general redness)H127
Strong's words in Isaiah 15 (6)
- Strong's H4124 — מוֹאָ֑ב (môʾāb)
- Mow'ab (mo-awb) (from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and H1) n/l. 1. Moab, an incestuous son of Lot 2. also his territory and descendants [from (her (the mother's)) father] KJV: Moab. See also: H1. Appears 8 times in Isaiah 15.
- Strong's H1065 — לְבֶ֑כִי (lĕbekî)
- Bkiy (bek-ee') n-m. 1. a weeping 2. by analogy, a dripping [from H1058] KJV: overflowing, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept. Root(s): H1058. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 15.
- Strong's H3605 — בְּכָל (bĕkāl)
- kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 15.
- Strong's H5704 — עַד (ʿad)
- `ad (ad) prep. 1. (properly) a (peremptory) terminus 2. (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction especially with a preposition) as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) [from H5710] KJV: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet. Root(s): H5710 Compare: H5703. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 15.
- Strong's H1775 — דִימוֹן֙ (dîmôn)
- Diymown (dee-mone') n/l. 1. Dimon, a place in Israel [perhaps for H1769] KJV: Dimon. Root(s): H1769. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 15.
- Strong's H1820 — נִדְמָ֔ה (nidmâ)
- damah (daw-mam') v. 1. to be dumb or silent 2. (hence) to fail or perish 3. trans. to destroy [a primitive root] KJV: cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, X utterly.. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 15.