So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Isaiah 15:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Mo'av who escape, and on the remnant of the land. 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. |
So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
For the cry has gone around the borders of Mo'av; its wailing to Eglayim, and its wailing to Be'er Elim.
I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
Yisra'el is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Ashur devoured him; and now at last Nevukhadnetzar 1 king of Bavel has broken his bones.
*'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
We have shot at them. Cheshbon has perished even to Divon. We have laid waste even to Nofach 1, Which reaches to Medeva.*