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1Here is a prophecy concerning Moab:[#15:1 Moab (“seed of the father”) was a descendant of Lot conceived out of incest with Lot’s daughter (see Gen. 19:31–37). The Moabites settled in a region east of the Dead Sea. This chapter shows the heart of the prophet Isaiah as he is painfully grieved over the sorrows coming to Moab. Ruth, a Moabite, had a role in forming the house of David, for she was his great-grandmother (see Ruth 4:17–21).]
The city of Ar was devastated, destroyed in the night.
The city of Kir was devastated, destroyed in the night.
2The people of Dibon went to their temple to weep;[#15:2 Dibon means “wasting.” Dibon is present-day Dhiban, Jordan.]
they went up to their high places to lament.
Moab wails with sorrow over what happened
to Mount Nebo and Mount Medeba.
Humiliated , every head is shaved bald and every beard cut off.
3They pour into the streets wearing sackcloth.
In public and in private, they fall down sobbing.
4The cities of Heshbon and Elealah cry out;[#15:4 Heshbon means “intelligence” or “human reasoning.”; #15:4 Elealeh means “ascent of God” or “God has ascended.”]
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz;
even the bravest warriors of Moab are shaken to the core.
5My heart cries out for the people of Moab,
for her fugitives who flee to Zoar and to Eglath-shelishiyah.
Weeping, they climb the upward road to Luhith.
Their loud cries of anguish are heard
all along the way to Horonaim.
6The River Nimrim has dried up; the grass has withered;[#15:6 Nimrim means “clear waters.” Possibly present-day Wadi Numeira.]
new growth has failed, and vegetation has vanished.
7Therefore, the refugees take with them
over the Wadi of the Willows
their possessions and the wealth they have acquired.
8From one end of the land to the other, Moab is weeping;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim and Beer-Elim.
9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood,[#15:9 Some manuscripts have “Dibon.” Dimon means “consumed.”]
but I have something even worse in store for them:
lions for the fugitives of Moab
and upon the remnant of the land!