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Isaiah 15:2

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

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ASV

They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

KJV

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עָלָ֨ה'a.Lahit has gone upH5927 →
הַבַּ֧יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
וְדִיבֹ֛ןve.di.Vonand DibonH1769 →
הַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.Motthe high placesH1116 →
לְבֶ֑כִיle.Ve.khifor weepingH1065 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
נְב֞וֹne.VoNeboH5015 →
וְעַ֤לve.'Aland onH5921 →
מֵֽידְבָא֙mei.de.Va'MedebaH4311 →
מוֹאָ֣בmo.'AvMoabH4124 →
יְיֵלִ֔ילye.ye.Lilit is wailingH3213 →
בְּכָל־be.khol[is] on allH3605 →
רֹאשָׁ֣יוro.Shavheads itsH7218 →
קָרְחָ֔הka.re.ChahbaldnessH7144 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
זָקָ֖ןza.KanbeardH2206 →
גְּרוּעָֽה׃ge.ru.'Ah[is] diminishedH1639 →

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Jeremiah 48:35In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.Leviticus 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.Leviticus 19:27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.Jeremiah 49:3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.Ezekiel 27:31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,Numbers 21:30But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 3:21A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’Jeremiah 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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