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Isaiah 15:3 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 15 · verse 3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.Isaiah 15:3 · King James Version
Isaiah 15:3 in context
1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
2He 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.
3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5My 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sackclothsaqproperly, a meshH8242 →
- streetschûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- streetsrᵉchôba widthH7339 →
- weepingBᵉkîya weepingH1065 →
- girdchâgarto gird onH2296 →
- topsgâga roofH1406 →
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The country of Moab was of small extent, but very fruitful. It bordered upon the lot of Reuben on the other side Jordan and upon the Dead Sea. Naomi went to sojourn there when there was a famine in Canaan.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5