Isaiah 15

1 oracle Moab for in/on/with night to ruin Ar Moab to cease for in/on/with night to ruin Kir Moab to cease

A message about Moab. The town of Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a single night! The town of Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a single night!

2 to ascend: rise [the] house: home and Dibon [the] high place to/for weeping upon Nebo and upon Medeba Moab to wail in/on/with all head his bald spot all beard to dimish

The people of Dibon go up to their temple to weep at its high places. The Moabites weep over the towns of Nebo and Medeba. Every head has been shaved, every beard has been cut off in mourning.

3 in/on/with outside his to gird sackcloth upon roof her and in/on/with street/plaza her all his to wail to go down in/on/with weeping

They wear sackcloth in their streets. On the rooftops and in the open squares they all weep, falling down crying.

4 and to cry out Heshbon and Elealeh till Jahaz to hear: hear voice their upon so to arm Moab to shout soul his be ill to/for him

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out in sadness, their voices heard as far as Jahaz. That's why even the bravest soldiers of Moab shout—because they're so terrified.

5 heart my to/for Moab to cry out fleeing her till Zoar Eglath-shelishiyah third for ascent [the] Luhith in/on/with weeping to ascend: rise in/on/with him for way: road Horonaim outcry breaking to rouse

I weep over Moab. Moabite refugees run all the way to Zoar and to Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping they go up Luhith hill; crying for their destruction they walk along the road to Horonaim.

6 for water Nimrim devastation to be for to wither grass to end: expend grass green not to be

The waters of Nimrim have all dried up. The grass is withered, all the vegetation has disappeared—nothing green is left.

7 upon so abundance to make: offer and punishment their upon Brook [the] (Brook of) Willows to lift: bear them

Everything they had gained, all their possessions, they have to carry across Willow River.

8 for to surround [the] outcry [obj] border: area Moab till Eglaim wailing her and Beer-elim Beer-elim wailing her

Their cry of grief echoes through the whole country of Moab; their wailing and mourning extends all the way from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

9 for water Dibon to fill blood for to set: put upon Dibon to add to/for survivor Moab lion and to/for remnant land: soil

River Dimon is full of blood, but I will bring more upon the town of Dimon—a lion to attack the Moabite refugees and those who are left in the country.