Isaiah 15:2

The Passion Translation

The people of Dibon went to their temple to weep; they went up to their high places to lament. Moab wails with sorrow over what happened to Mount Nebo and Mount Medeba. Humiliated, every head is shaved bald and every beard cut off.

Cross References

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, Philistia! For a cloud of smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler among them.

Isaiah 15:3

They pour into the streets wearing sackcloth. In public and in private, they fall down sobbing.

Isaiah 16:12

When Moab comes to their high places to plead with all their might and enter their temples to pray, it will have no effect.

Isaiah 16:7

So now Moab will wail; everyone will wail over the ruin of their country. Lament and grieve for the foundations of Kir-Hareseth.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day, the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, called you to repent with weeping and mourning and to show your remorse by shaving your heads and wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 3:24

A stench will take the place of seductive perfumes; a rope will take the place of a sash, baldness for braided hair, rags instead of a fine robe, and the brand of a captive instead of beauty.

Jeremiah 3:21

I hear the sound of voices echoing from the barren hills, the bitter weeping of the sons of Israel pleading for mercy because they lost their moral way and have forgotten Yahweh their God.

Jeremiah 47:2

“Look, enemies are gathering in the north, like a river rising. They are like a terrible flood that will cover the land of the Philistines and everything in it, the towns and everyone living in them. People will cry for help, and all the people of your land will cry and scream

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will mourn with great sorrow, for Ashkelon has been destroyed. You descendants of the giants, how long will you slash yourselves?

Jeremiah 48:1

Yahweh’s message for the land of Moab. Yahweh, God of Israel, Commander of Angel Armies, says to you: “Woe to the people of Nebo, for their city is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured and totally humiliated. They have torn down her proud fortress and put it to shame.

Jeremiah 48:18

You who live in Fair Dibon, come down from your prideful place and sit in the dust. For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you and has destroyed your fortresses.

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for the whole country, and I mourn for the people of Kir Hareseth.

Jeremiah 48:35

I will eliminate Moab’s idolaters, those who offer sacrifices in the high place and make offerings to their god,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 49:3

Weep and wail, Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Shriek, women of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth in confusion! For enemies will lead Molech away and take him captive with all his priests and servants.

Jeremiah 7:29

“People of Jerusalem, cut off your long hair and throw it away, and raise your song of mourning on the hilltops, for Yahweh has rejected and abandoned the generation of his fury.

Ezekiel 27:31

They will shave their heads in sorrow for you and dress themselves in sackcloth. They will weep bitterly for you, Tyre, with heartfelt sorrow over your fall.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and announce what I, Lord Yahweh, say to Egypt: “ ‘Weep and wail, for the day of disaster is here!

Ezekiel 7:18

Terror covers them as they put on sackcloth. Shame covers their faces as they shave their heads bald.