Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! | 1An oracle against Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. |
2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. | 2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is cut off. |
3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. | 3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping. |
4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within. | 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble. |
5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. | 5My heart cries out over Moab, whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; they go up the slope of Luhith weeping; they raise a cry of destruction on the road to Horonaim. |
6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. | 6The waters of Nimrim are desolate; the grass is withered, the foliage is gone, and the vegetation has vanished. |
7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. | 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Wadi of the Willows. |
8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. | 8For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim. |
9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land. | 9The waters of Dibon are full of blood, but I will bring on Dibon even more than this-- a lion for those who escape from Moab, and for the survivors in the land. |
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