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Isaiah 15:5

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My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

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Isaiah 15:5 in other translations

My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 15:5 · World English Bible

Isaiah 15:5 in context

  1. 3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.
  2. 4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
  3. 5My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
  4. 6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
  5. 7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.