When these people began to live in Samaria, they did not honor the Lord. So the Lord sent lions to attack them. These lions killed some of those people.
Isaiah 15:9 - Easy To Read Version The water of Dimon {\cf2\super [164]} is full of blood.\par And I (the Lord) will bring\par even more troubles to Dimon.\par A few people living in Moab\par have escaped the enemy.\par But I will send lions to eat those people.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; yet I [the Lord] will bring even more on Dimon–a lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land. American Standard Version (1901) For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land. Common English Bible The waters of Dibon are full of blood. But I will bring still more upon Dibon: a lion for Moab’s survivors, for the remaining few in the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood, I will place even more upon Dibon: those from Moab who flee the lion, and the survivors of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood. For I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. |
When these people began to live in Samaria, they did not honor the Lord. So the Lord sent lions to attack them. These lions killed some of those people.
Crying can be heard everywhere in Moab.\par The people are crying\par far away in the city Eglaim.\par And the people are crying\par in the city Beer Elim. {\cf2\super [163]} \par
I will send four kinds of destroyers against them.’\par This message is from the Lord.\par ‘I will send the enemy with a sword to kill.\par I will send the dogs to drag their bodies away.\par I will send birds of the air and wild animals\par to eat and destroy their bodies.\par
“Israel is like a flock of sheep\par that were scattered all over the country.\par Israel is like sheep that were chased away\par by lions.\par The first lion to attack\par was the king of Assyria.\par The last lion to crush his bones\par was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.\par
“After these things, if you still don’t obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I (the Lord)—will punish you seven times for your sins.
then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I (the Lord)—will punish you seven times for your sins!
You will be like a man\par that escapes a lion\par only to be attacked by a bear!\par You will be like a man\par that goes into the safety of his house,\par leans against the wall,\par and is bitten by a snake!\par
But we defeated those Amorites. We destroyed their towns from Heshbon to Dibon, from Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba.