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Isaiah 15 (CEV)

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¹ This is a message about Moab: The towns of Ar and Kir were destroyed in a night. Moab is left in ruins! ² Everyone in Dibon has gone up to the temple and the shrines to cry and weep. All of Moab is crying. Heads and beards are shaved because of what happened at Nebo and Medeba. ³ In the towns and at home, everyone wears sackcloth and cries loud and long. ⁴ From Heshbon and Elealeh, weeping is heard in Jahaz; Moab's warriors scream while trembling with fear. ⁵ I pity Moab! Its people are running to Zoar and to Eglath-Shelishiyah. They cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they tell of disasters. ⁶ The streams of Nimrim and the grasslands have dried up. Every plant is parched. ⁷ The people of Moab are leaving, crossing over Willow Creek, taking everything they own and have worked for. ⁸ In the towns of Eglaim and of Beerelim and everywhere else in Moab mournful cries are heard. ⁹ The streams near Dimon are flowing with blood. But the Lord will bring even worse trouble to Dimon, because all in Moab who escape will be attacked by lions.