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Isaiah 15

9 aligned verses; 9 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
This is the burden against Moab : Ar in Moab is ruined , destroyed in a night ! Kir in Moab is devastated , destroyed in a night!
The burden of Moab . Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste , and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste , and brought to silence;
2
Dibon 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.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places , to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba : on all their heads shall be baldness , and every beard cut off.
3
In its streets they wear sackcloth ; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail , falling down weeping.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth : on the tops of their houses, and in their streets , every one shall howl, weeping abundantly .
4
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz . Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within .
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh : their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz : therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him .
5
My 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 .
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered ; the vegetation is gone , and the greenery is no more .
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away , the grass faileth, there is no green thing .
7
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab . Their wailing reaches Eglaim ; it is heard in Beer-elim .
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim .
9
The 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.
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood : for I will bring more upon Dimon , lions upon him that escapeth of Moab , and upon the remnant of the land.

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