1 The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.
2 The house has ascended with Dibon to the heights, in mourning over Nebo and over Medeba. Moab has wailed. There will be baldness on all of their heads, and every beard will be shaven.
3 At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.
4 Heshbon will cry out with Elealeh. Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz. Over this, the well-equipped men of Moab wail; each soul will wail to itself.
5 My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.
6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away.
7 This is in accord with the magnitude of their works and of their visitation. They will lead them to the torrent of the willows.
8 For an outcry has circulated along the border of Moab; its wailing even to Eglaim, and its clamor even to the well of Elim.
9 Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood, I will place even more upon Dibon: those from Moab who flee the lion, and the survivors of the earth.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 15:
Isaiah 15 describes the destruction of Moab, a neighboring people of Israel. The chapter narrates the affliction and despair of the Moabites in the face of the invasion and divine judgment. Next are five verses related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 15:
Jeremiah 48:46: "Woe to you, Moab! The people of whom he perished, because your children were taken captive to the captivity, and your daughters, to captivity." This verse talks about the capture and exile of the Moabites by the Babylonians, an event that was prophesied by Isaiah in his book.
Psalm 60:8: "The Moab I will throw my shoe; over Edom I will cry out loud; I do so, O Philistia, because of me." This verse expresses God's wrath against Moab and other enemy nations of Israel.
2 Kings 3:27: "Then he took his firstborn, who should reign in his place, and offered him in Holocaust on the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel; . " This verse reports an extreme act of human sacrifice committed by the Moabites in an attempt to escape defeat.
Jeremiah 48:35: "And I will end the one offers sacrifices in the ups, and what burns incense to their gods." This verse is a prophecy about the destruction of the altars of worship of pagan gods in Moab.
Ezekiel 25:8: "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, For they mill and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all other nations." This verse highlights the hostility of the Moabites in relation to Judah, the sister nation of Israel.
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