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They have gone up to the [a]temple and to (A)Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is (B)bald and every beard is cut off.
In their streets they have girded themselves with (C)sackcloth;
(D)On their rooftops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, [b](E)dissolved in weeping.
(F)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore [c]the armed men of Moab make a loud shout;
His soul trembles within him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:2 Lit house
  2. Isaiah 15:3 Lit going down in weeping
  3. Isaiah 15:4 Or the loins of

Dibon(A) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places(B) to weep;
    Moab wails(C) over Nebo(D) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved(E)
    and every beard cut off.(F)
In the streets they wear sackcloth;(G)
    on the roofs(H) and in the public squares(I)
they all wail,(J)
    prostrate with weeping.(K)
Heshbon(L) and Elealeh(M) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(N)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

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