Isaiah 15:2

God's Word

The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:4

So Hanun took David’s men, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun took David’s men, shaved them, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

Job 1:20

Job stood up, tore his robe in grief, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Isaiah 14:31

Cry loudly in the gate! Cry out in the city! Be frightened, all you Philistines! Smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.

Isaiah 16:12

When the people of Moab appear at the worship site, they will only wear themselves out. They will come into the holy place to pray, but they won’t be able to.

Isaiah 16:7

That is why Moab will wail. Everyone will wail for Moab. Mourn and grieve over the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred.

Jeremiah 3:21

The sound of crying is heard on the hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They have become crooked and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 47:2

This is what the Lord says: Water is rising in the north. It will become an overflowing river. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and those who live in them. People will cry out and everyone who lives in the land will cry loudly.

Jeremiah 47:5

Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?

Jeremiah 48:1

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Moab: How horrible it will be for Nebo; it will be destroyed. Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be captured. Its stronghold will be put to shame and torn down.

Jeremiah 48:18

“People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground. The destroyers of Moab will attack you. They will destroy your fortresses.

Jeremiah 48:31

That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.

Jeremiah 48:35

I will stop those in Moab who come to worship sites, those who bring offerings to their gods,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:3

Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry, people of Rabbah, put on your sackcloth, and mourn. Run back and forth between the walls. Milcom will be taken away into captivity with its priests and officials.

Jeremiah 7:29

“Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, because in his anger the Lord has rejected and abandoned the people of this generation.

Ezekiel 27:31

They shaved their heads because of you and put on sackcloth. They cried over you with bitterness and with bitter mourning.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy. Say, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Cry for that day!

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. All their faces will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Leviticus 13:40

“If a man loses his hair, he is clean, even though he is bald.

Leviticus 21:5

“You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist and shave everyone’s head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter.

Numbers 21:28

Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites.

Numbers 21:30

But we shot the Amorites full of arrows. From Heshbon to Dibon they all died. We destroyed everyone and everything between Nophah and Medeba.”

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:38

Nebo, Baal Meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. These are the names they gave the cities they rebuilt.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. So when someone dies, don’t ⌞mourn⌟ by cutting yourselves or shaving bald spots on your head.

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses went up on Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab. He went to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land. He could see Gilead as far as Dan,