Isaiah 15

Isaiah pronounces the burden against Moab. In one night Ar of Moab is laid waste and Kir of Moab is destroyed. The people flee, weeping as they go, and the waters of Nimrim are desolate.

v	King James Version	Modern English
1	The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;	The burden of Moab. In a night Ar of Moab is laid waste and reduced to silence. In a night Kir of Moab is laid waste and reduced to silence.
2	He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.	They go up to the temple, to Dibon and the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
3	In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.	In their streets they put on sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their squares, everyone wails, melting in tears.
4	And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.	Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the warriors of Moab cry out; his soul trembles within him.
5	My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.	My heart cries out for Moab. His fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
6	For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.	For the waters of Nimrim are desolate; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, there is nothing green.
7	Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.	Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have stored up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows.
8	For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.	The cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches to Eglaim; its wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
9	For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.	For the waters of Dibon are full of blood; yet I will bring even more on Dibon — a lion for those of Moab who escape, and for the remnant of the land.