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Isaiah 15

9 aligned verses; 9 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse BSB Berean Standard Bible YLT Young's Literal Translation
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 a night destroyed was Ar of Moab -- It hath been cut off , Because in a night destroyed was Kir of Moab -- It hath been cut off.
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 hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places -- to weep , On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads ` is ' baldness , 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 its out-places they girded on sackcloth , On its pinnacles, and in its broad places , Every one howleth -- going down with weeping.
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 cry doth Heshbon and Elealeh , Unto Jahaz heard hath been their voice, Therefore the armed ones of Moab do shout, His life hath been grievous to 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 `is' toward Moab , Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third `year', For - - the ascent of Luhith -- With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim , A cry of destruction they wake up .
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 are desolations , For, withered hath been the hay , Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been .
7
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
Therefore the abundance he made, and their store, Unto the brook of the willows they carry .
8
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab . Their wailing reaches Eglaim ; it is heard in Beer-elim.
For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab , Unto Eglaim ` is ' its howling, And to Beer-Elim `is' its howling .
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 have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

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