And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard unto Jahaz: therefore the warriors of Moab shall shout: the soul of everyone shall lament in himself.

Mine [a]heart shall cry for Moab: his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, [b]an heifer of three years old: for they shall go up with weeping by the mounting up of Luhith: and by the way of Horonaim they [c]shall raise up a cry of destruction.

For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up: therefore the grass is withered, the herbs consumed, and there was no green herb.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:5 The Prophet speaketh this in the person of the Moabites: or as one that felt the great judgment of God that God should come upon them.
  2. Isaiah 15:5 Meaning, that it was a city that ever lived in pleasure, and never felt sorrow.
  3. Isaiah 15:5 He describeth the miserable dissipation and flight of the Moabites.

Heshbon(A) and Elealeh(B) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(C)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

My heart cries out(D) over Moab;(E)
    her fugitives(F) flee as far as Zoar,(G)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim(H)
    they lament their destruction.(I)
The waters of Nimrim are dried up(J)
    and the grass is withered;(K)
the vegetation is gone(L)
    and nothing green is left.(M)

Read full chapter