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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/14.htm" title="Isaiah 14">◄</a> Isaiah 15 <a href="../isaiah/16.htm" title="Isaiah 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29015" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29015" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Moab<a id="rfn29015000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29015000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29015001" class="ver">1</span>Oracle on Moab:</p> <p class="sl">Laid waste in a night,</p> <p class="sl1">Ar of Moab is destroyed;</p> <p class="sl">Laid waste in a night,</p> <p class="sl1">Kir of Moab is destroyed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015002" class="ver">2</span>Daughter Dibon has gone up</p> <p class="sl1">to the high places to weep;</p> <p class="sl">Over Nebo and over Medeba</p> <p class="sl1">Moab is wailing.</p> <p class="sl">Every head is shaved,</p> <p class="sl1">every beard sheared off.<a id="rfn29015002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29015002-1">*</a> <a id="ren29015002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29015002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015003" class="ver">3</span>In the streets they wear sackcloth,</p> <p class="sl1">and on the rooftops;</p> <p class="sl">In the squares</p> <p class="sl1">everyone wails, streaming with tears.<a id="ren29015003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29015003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015004" class="ver">4</span>Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,</p> <p class="sl1">they are heard as far as Jahaz.</p> <p class="sl">At this the loins of Moab tremble,</p> <p class="sl1">his soul quivers within him;<a id="ren29015004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29015004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015005" class="ver">5</span>My heart cries out for Moab,</p> <p class="sl1">his fugitives reach Zoar,</p> <p class="sl1">Eglath-shelishiyah:</p> <p class="sl">The ascent of Luhith</p> <p class="sl1">they ascend weeping;</p> <p class="sl">On the way to Horonaim</p> <p class="sl1">they utter rending cries;<a id="ren29015005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29015005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015006" class="ver">6</span>The waters of Nimrim</p> <p class="sl1">have become a waste,</p> <p class="sl">The grass is withered,</p> <p class="sl1">new growth is gone,</p> <p class="sl1">nothing is green.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015007" class="ver">7</span>So now whatever they have acquired or stored away</p> <p class="sl1">they carry across the Wadi of the Poplars.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015008" class="ver">8</span>The cry has gone round</p> <p class="sl1">the territory of Moab;</p> <p class="sl">As far as Eglaim his wailing,</p> <p class="sl1">even at Beer-elim his wailing.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29015009" class="ver">9</span><a id="rfn29015009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29015009-1">*</a> The waters of Dimon are filled with blood,</p> <p class="sl1">but I will bring still more upon Dimon:</p> <p class="sl">Lions for those who are fleeing from Moab</p> <p class="sl1">and for those who remain in the land!</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights 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