KJV King James Version
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
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Isaiah 15:8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
WEB World English Bible
For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
ASV American Standard Version
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab, Unto Eglaim is its howling, And to Beer-Elim is its howling.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 15
5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
9 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.
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כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהִקִּ֥יפָהH5362 · na.qaphto strikeהַזְּעָקָ֖הH2201 · ze.a.qahoutcryאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּב֣וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryמוֹאָ֑בH4124 · mo.avMoabעַד־H5704 · adtillאֶגְלַ֙יִם֙H97 · eg.la.yimEglaimיִלְלָתָ֔הּH3215 · ye.la.lahwailingוּבְאֵ֥רH879 · be.er e.limBeer-elimאֵילִ֖יםH879 · be.er e.limBeer-elimיִלְלָתָֽהּ׃H3215 · ye.la.lahwailing
Cross-references
Jeremiah 48:31-34Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.Isaiah 15:2-5He 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.Ezekiel 47:10And it shall come to pass, [that] the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.Jeremiah 48:20-24Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
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