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1 An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction.
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.
7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
9 Dimon's waters are full of blood, but I will bring still more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon those who remain in the land.
This is the first mention of Moab in the canonical Book of Isaiah. The oracle continues in the next chapter and is strikingly similar to chapter Jeremiah:48.
Revised Chapter 15 retains the whole canonical chapter, imports eighteen more verses from four chapters and is entitled, "Moab."
4. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
Reason: The second half of verse 4, "Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint," must have as cause not the first half, "Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz," but simply the prospect of facing a formidable enemy. Isaiah 22:6 names this antagonist, Elam.
Destination: Here.
22:6 Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield. Second Half of 4 Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
16:1-4. Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of the Daughter of Zion. 2 Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. 3 "Give us counsel, render a decision." Make your shadow like night—at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. 4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer. The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
16:6-14. We have heard of Moab's pride—her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and her insolence—but her boasts are empty. 7 Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the men of Kir Hareseth. 8 The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea. 9 So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled. 10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting. 11 My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth. 12 When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail. 13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
17:2. The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.
22:6. Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield.
25:10-12. The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure. 11 They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. 12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
16:1 Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of the Daughter of Zion. 25:10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure. 25:11 They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. 25:12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
16:6 We have heard of Moab's pride—her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and her insolence—but her boasts are empty.
22:6 Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield. Second Half of 4 Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out and their hearts are faint. 16:12 When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.
1 An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! 16:7 Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab, lament and grieve for the men of Kir Hareseth.
First Half of 2 Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep. 3 In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping. First Half of 4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Second Half of 2 Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction. 7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars. 8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim. 16:11 My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
16:2 Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. 16:3 "Give us counsel, render a decision." Make your shadow like night—at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. 16:4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer. The oppressor will come to an end and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left. 16:8 The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea. 16:9 So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
16:13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab: 16:10 "Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting. 9 Dimon's waters are full of blood, but I will bring still more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon those who remain in the land."
16:14 But now the Lord says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble. 17:2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid."
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