Isaiah 15 - Easy To Read Version

¹ This is a sad message about Moab: {\cf2\super [157]} \par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Ar, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par One night, armies took the wealth\par from Kir, Moab.\par That night, the city was destroyed.\par

² The king’s family and the people\par of Dibon {\cf2\super [158]} \par are going to the places of worship {\cf2\super [159]} to cry.\par The people of Moab are crying\par for Nebo {\cf2\super [160]} and Medeba. {\cf2\super [161]} \par The people shaved their heads and beards\par \{to show they are sad\}.\par

³ Everywhere in Moab,\par on the housetops and in the streets,\par people are wearing black clothes,\par people are crying.\par

⁴ People in the cities Heshbon and Elealeh\par are crying very loudly.\par You can hear their voices far away\par in the city Jahaz.\par Even the soldiers are scared.\par The soldiers are shaking from fear.\par

⁵ My heart cries with sorrow for Moab.\par People are running for safety.\par They run far away to Zoar.\par They run to Eglath Shelishiyah.\par The people are crying as they go up\par the mountain road to Luhith.\par The people are crying very loudly\par as they walk on the road to Horonaim.\par

⁶ But Nimrim Brook is dry like a desert.\par All the plants are dead.\par Nothing is green.\par

⁷ So the people gather the things they own,\par \{and they leave Moab\}.\par They carry those things,\par and cross \{the border\} at Poplar Creek. {\cf2\super [162]} \par

⁸ 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

⁹ 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