Berean Study Bible | Berean Study Bible |
1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! | 1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! |
2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. | 2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. |
3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. | 3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. |
4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within. | 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within. |
5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. | 5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. |
6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. | 6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. |
7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. | 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. |
8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. | 8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. |
9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land. | 9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land. |
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