In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth;
On the tops of their houses
And in their streets
Everyone will wail, (A)weeping bitterly.
Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out,
Their voice shall be heard as far as (B)Jahaz;
Therefore the [a]armed soldiers of Moab will cry out;
His life will be burdensome to him.

“My(C) heart will cry out for Moab;
His fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
Like [b]a three-year-old heifer.
For (D)by the Ascent of Luhith
They will go up with weeping;
For in the way of Horonaim
They will raise up a cry of destruction,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:4 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. loins
  2. Isaiah 15:5 Or The Third Eglath, an unknown city, Jer. 48:34

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