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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 15 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/isaiah/15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Isaiah 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The burden of Moab.</div><div class="po2">For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste,</div><div class="po2">He is brought to ruin;</div><div class="po2">For in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste,</div><div class="po2">He is brought to ruin.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He is gone up to Baith, and to Dibon,</div><div class="po2">To the high places, to weep;</div><div class="po2">Upon Nebo, and upon Medeba, Moab howleth;</div><div class="po2">On all their heads is baldness,</div><div class="po2">Every beard is shaven.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth;</div><div class="po2">On their housetops, and in their broad places,</div><div class="po2">Every one howleth, weeping profusely.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh;</div><div class="po2">Their voice is heard even unto Jahaz;</div><div class="po2">Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;</div><div class="po2">His soul is faint within him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My heart crieth out for Moab;</div><div class="po2">Her fugitives reach unto Zoar,</div><div class="po2">A heifer of three years old;</div><div class="po2">For by the ascent of Luhith</div><div class="po2">With weeping they go up;</div><div class="po2">For in the way of Horonaim</div><div class="po2">They raise up a cry of destruction.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;</div><div class="po2">For the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth,</div><div class="po2">There is no green thing.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore the abundance they have gotten,</div><div class="po2">And that which they have laid up,</div><div class="po2">Shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the cry is gone round about</div><div class="po2">The borders of Moab; The howling thereof unto Eglaim,</div><div class="po2">And the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;</div><div class="po2">For I will bring yet more upon Dimon,</div><div class="po2">A lion upon him that escapeth of Moab,</div><div class="po2">And upon the remnant of the land.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/isaiah/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>