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They wear sackcloth in their streets.
On the rooftops and in the public squares, everyone wails.
They all collapse in tears.
Heshbon cries out with Elealeh.
Their voice is heard even in Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
and their spirit is weak.

My heart cries out for Moab!
Her refugees[a] flee to Zoar,
to Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the Ascent of Luhith,
    weeping all the way.
On the way to Horonaim,
    they weep continuously over their destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:5 Or protectors, literally the bars of her gates