An oracle(A) about the animals of the Negev:[a]

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,(B)
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:6 Or Southland

A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
    of lions(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
    their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

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The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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36 Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab,(A) and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.

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36 “So my heart laments(A) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(B)
    The wealth they acquired(C) is gone.

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36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

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