YESHAYAH 15

1 The massa (burden) of Moav:

Because in the lailah (night) Ar of Moav is destroyed,

and brought to silence;

because in the lailah Kir of Moav is destroyed,

and brought to silence;

2 He is gone up to the [idol] temple, and to Divon,

the*15:2 idolatrous high places, to weep:

Moav shall howl over Nevo, and over Medeva;

on all their rosh shall be shaved heads,

and every zakan (beard) cut off.

3 In their chutzot (streets) they shall gird themselves with sackcloth;

on their rooftops, and in their rechovot (open areas),

every one shall wail, falling down with weeping.

4 And Cheshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;

their voice shall be heard even unto Yahatz;

therefore the loins of Moav shall shake;

his nefesh shall be faint within him.

5 My lev shall cry out for Moav;

his fugitives shall flee unto Tzoar,

and Eglat-Shelishiyah;

for by the Ascent of Luchit

with bekhi (weeping) shall they go up;

for on the Derech Choronayim

they shall raise up a lament because of destruction.

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up;

for the khatzir (grass) is withered away,

the desheh (vegetation) faileth,

yerek (green) there is none,

7 Therefore the possessions they have gotten,

and that which they have laid up,

shall they carry away to the Nakhal HaAravim (Ravine of Willows).

8 For the cry is gone

all around the borders of Moav;

the outcry thereof unto Eglayim,

and the wailing thereof unto Be’er Elim.

9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of dahm;

for I will bring more upon Dimon,

aryeh (lion) upon him that escapeth of Moav,

and upon she’erit adamah (the remnant of the land).