An Oracle Concerning Moab - An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste.

In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites; two of their principal cities are mentioned as made desolate, Isa 15:1 the inhabitants in divers ...

2He has gone up to the temple,#15:2 Hebrew the house and to #Num. 21:30 Dibon,. to the high places#15:2 Or temple, even Dibon to the high places to weep;.

The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.

Isa 15:2 - He has gone up to the temple,[fn] and to Dibon, to the high places[fn] to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness;

On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn; in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.

1 An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.

Here begins Isaiah's prophecy about great suffering to come on the people of Moab. After sudden destruction, Moab is shattered. The people weep before the false ...

An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid...