Isaiah 15:4 “Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. T…”

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And 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.

World English Bible

Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.

American Standard Version

And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Heshbon shall crie, and Elealeh: their voyce shall bee heard vnto Iahaz: therefore the warriers of Moab shall showt: the soule of euery one shall lament in him selfe.

Darby Translation

And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh: their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out: his soul trembleth in him.

Young's Literal Translation

And cry doth Heshbon and Elealeh, Unto Jahaz heard hath been their voice, Therefore the armed ones of Moab do shout, His life hath been grievous to him.

Bible in Basic English

Heshbon is crying out, and Elealeh; their voice is sounding even to Jahaz: for this cause the heart of Moab is shaking; his soul is shaking with fear.

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Cross references

“Heshbon”

Jeremiah 48:34 Isaiah 16:8 Isaiah 16:9 Numbers 32:3 Numbers 32:4

Jeremiah 48:34 · BSB

There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Isaiah 16:8 · BSB

For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had s…

Isaiah 16:9 · BSB

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Numbers 32:3 · BSB

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:4 · BSB

which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”

“Jahaz”

Numbers 21:23 Deuteronomy 2:32 Joshua 13:18 Judges 11:20

Numbers 21:23 · BSB

But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:32 · BSB

So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.

Joshua 13:18 · BSB

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

Judges 11:20 · BSB

But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

“his”

Genesis 27:46 Numbers 11:15 1 Kings 19:4 Job 3:20–22 Jeremiah 8:3 Jeremiah 20:18

Genesis 27:46 · BSB

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

Numbers 11:15 · BSB

If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”

1 Kings 19:4 · BSB

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Job 3:20–22 · BSB

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Jeremiah 8:3 · BSB

And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 20:18 · BSB

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

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