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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 . For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste , [and] brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste , [and] brought to nothing.
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.
They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places , to weep: Moab wails over Nebo, and over Medeba ; on all their heads is baldness , every beard is 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 gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places , everyone wails, 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.
Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even to Jahaz : therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud ; his soul trembles within 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 cries out for Moab; her nobles [ flee ] to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah : for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they 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 grass is withered away , the tender grass fails, 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 over 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 wailing of it to Eglaim , and the wailing of it to Beer-elim.
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 are full of blood ; for I will bring yet more on Dimon , a lion on them of Moab that escape, and on the remnant of the land.

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