Isaiah 15:2

New International Version

Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:4

So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved them, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.

Job 1:20

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

Isaiah 15:3

In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.

Isaiah 16:12

When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.

Isaiah 16:7

Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

Isaiah 22:12

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.

Jeremiah 3:21

A cry is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 47:2

This is what the Lord says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail

Jeremiah 47:5

Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

Jeremiah 48:1

Concerning Moab: This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold will be disgraced and shattered.

Jeremiah 48:18

“Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.

Jeremiah 48:35

In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:3

“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

Jeremiah 7:29

“ ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.

Ezekiel 27:31

They will shave their heads because of you and will put on sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and with bitter mourning.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘Wail and say, “Alas for that day!”

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Leviticus 13:40

“A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.

Leviticus 21:5

“ ‘Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

Numbers 21:28

“Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.

Numbers 21:30

“But we have overthrown them; Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.”

Numbers 32:3

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

Numbers 32:38

as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,