Isaiah Chapter 15

Isaiah

Isaiah

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In this chapter the prophet describes the impending judgment on the house of Israel, where the king's house is taken away and the people are scattered like a flock. The text emphasizes that the nation will be judged and will be exiled, reflecting God's displeasure with their disobedience. It serves as a warning that divine punishment follows rebellion.

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(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;
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(6) For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
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(7) Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
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(8) For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
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(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.
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