Isaiah 15:9 “The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimo…”

Isaiah 15:9

The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of the land.

American Standard Version

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more vpon Dimon, euen lyons vpon him that escapeth of Moab, and to the remnant of the land.

Darby Translation

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, for I will lay yet more upon Dimon: a lion upon them that are escaped of Moab, and upon that which remaineth of the land.

Young's Literal Translation

For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

Bible in Basic English

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood: and I'm sending even more on Moab, a lion on those of Moab who go in flight, and on the rest of the land.

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Cross references

“more”

Leviticus 26:18 Leviticus 26:24 Leviticus 26:28 Jeremiah 48:43–45 Leviticus 26:21

Leviticus 26:18 · BSB

And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:24 · BSB

then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28 · BSB

then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Jeremiah 48:43–45 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Leviticus 26:21 · BSB

If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

“lions”

2 Kings 17:25 Jeremiah 15:3 Amos 5:19 Leviticus 26:22

2 Kings 17:25 · BSB

Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

Jeremiah 15:3 · BSB

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Amos 5:19 · BSB

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Leviticus 26:22 · BSB

I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

Also

Jeremiah 50:17

Jeremiah 50:17 · BSB

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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

In context

8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.

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