They have goneup to the templeand [to] Dibon,[even] to the highplacesto weep.MoabwailsoverNeboand Medeba;Everyone'sheadis bald[and] everybeardis cutoff.
So HanuntookDavid'sservantsand shavedoffhalfof their beards,and cutofftheir garmentsin the middleas faras their hips,and sentthem away.
So HanuntookDavid'sservantsand shavedthem and cutofftheir garmentsin the middleas faras their hips,and sentthem away.
Then Jobaroseand torehis robeand shavedhis head,and he fellto the groundand worshiped.
"Wail,O gate;cry,O city;Meltaway, O Philistia,allof you; For smokecomesfrom the north,And thereis nostragglerin his ranks.
In their streetsthey have girdedthemselves with sackcloth;On their housetopsand in their squaresEveryoneis wailing,dissolvedin tears.
So it will comeabout whenMoabpresentshimself, Whenhe wearieshimself upon [his] highplaceAnd comesto his sanctuaryto pray,That he will not prevail.
ThereforeMoabwill wail;everyoneof Moabwill wail.You will moanfor the raisincakesof Kir-haresethAs those whoare utterlystricken.
Therefore in that daythe LordGODof hostscalled[you] to weeping,to wailing,To shavingthe headand to wearingsackcloth.
Now it will comeabout that insteadof sweetperfumethere will be putrefaction;Insteadof a belt,a rope;Insteadof well-sethair,a plucked-outscalp;Insteadof fineclothes,a donningof sackcloth;And brandinginsteadof beauty.
A voiceis heardon the bareheights,The weeping[and] the supplicationsof the sonsof Israel;Becausethey have pervertedtheir way,They have forgottenthe LORDtheir God.
Thussaysthe LORD:"Behold,watersare going to risefrom the northAnd becomean overflowingtorrent,And overflowthe landand allits fullness,The cityand those who livein it; And the menwill cryout, And everyinhabitantof the landwill wail.
"Baldnesshas comeupon Gaza;Ashkelonhas been ruined.O remnantof their valley,Howlongwill you gashyourself?
Concerning Moab.Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"Woeto Nebo,for it has been destroyed;Kiriathaimhas beenputto shame,it has been captured;The loftystrongholdhas beenputto shameand shattered.
"Comedownfrom your gloryAnd siton the parchedground,O daughterdwellingin Dibon,For the destroyerof Moabhas comeup against you, He has ruinedyour strongholds.
"ThereforeI will wailfor Moab,Even for allMoabwill I cryout; I will moanfor the menof Kir-heres.
"I will makean endof Moab,"declaresthe LORD,"the one who offers[sacrifice] on the highplaceand the one who burnsincenseto his gods.
"Wail,O Heshbon,for Aihas been destroyed!Cryout, O daughtersof Rabbah,Girdyourselveswith sackclothand lament,And rushbackand forthinside the walls;For Malcamwill gointo exileTogetherwith his priestsand his princes.
Cutoffyour hairand cast[it] away,And takeup a lamentationon the bareheights;For the LORDhas rejectedand forsakenThe generationof His wrath.'
"Also they will makethemselves baldfor you And girdthemselves with sackcloth;And they will weepfor you in bitternessof soulWith bittermourning.
"Sonof man,prophesyand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Wail,'Alasfor the day!'
They will girdthemselves with sackclothand shudderingwill overwhelmthem; and shame[will be] on allfacesand baldnesson alltheir heads.
"Now ifa manlosesthe hairof his head,he is bald;he is clean.
They shall not makeany baldnesson their heads,norshaveoffthe edgesof their beards,normakeany cutsin their flesh.
"Then I will turnyour festivalsinto mourningAnd allyour songsinto lamentation;And I will bringsackclothon everyone'sloinsAnd baldnesson everyhead.And I will makeit like [a time of] mourningfor an onlyson,And the endof it will be like a bitterday.
"For a firewentforthfrom Heshbon,A flamefrom the townof Sihon;It devouredArof Moab,The dominantheightsof the Arnon.
"But we have castthem down,Heshbonis ruinedas faras Dibon,Then we have laidwasteevento Nophah,Which[reaches] to Medeba."
"Ataroth,Dibon,Jazer,Nimrah,Heshbon,Elealeh,Sebam,Neboand Beon,
and Neboand Baal-meon--[their] namesbeing changed--and Sibmah,and they gave[other] namesto the citieswhichthey built.
"You are the sonsof the LORDyour God;you shall not cutyourselves norshaveyour foreheadfor the sake of the dead.
Now Moseswentup from the plainsof Moabto MountNebo,to the topof Pisgah,whichis oppositeJericho.And the LORDshowedhim allthe land,Gileadas faras Dan,
