The Burden against Moab 1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, 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, 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; 5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah.a 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, 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.b 8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. 9The waters of Dimonc 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. Footnotes: 5 a Or Zoar, like a heifer three years of age. 7 b Or Poplars 9 c MT, twice in this verse; DSS and Vulgate Dibon ; Dimon , a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood . The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free resources and databases are available at BereanBible.com. |