Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They shall mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
- BSB Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
- 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 for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
- 2 Kgs 3:25They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it, and attacked it.
- Jer 48:36Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.
- Isa 16:7–11Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly stricken.
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