Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They shall mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
- KJV Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
- NKJV Therefore I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
- NASB “Therefore I will wail for Moab, For all of Moab I will cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
- NLT So now I wail for Moab; yes, I will mourn for Moab. My heart is broken for the men of Kir-hareseth.
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Quick answer
The LORD declares He will wail and cry out for all Moab, mourning for the men of Kir Heres.
Overview
Strikingly, God Himself laments over the doomed nation and its people. The judge weeps even as judgment falls, revealing His compassion. This divine grief over the lost anticipates Christ weeping over Jerusalem, showing that God takes no delight in the death of the wicked but desires that they turn and live.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Isa 15:5My 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.
- 2 Kgs 3:25They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
- Jer 48:36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
- Isa 16:7–11Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
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