Isaiah 15:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ כֻּלֹּ֥ה יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּבֶּֽכִי׃

Transliteration

In ḥûṣōtāyw they ḥāḡerû śāq upon gaggôtehâ û-in reḥōḇōtehâ kullōh yeyēlîl yōrēd in the beḵî

Grammar Details

*ḥûṣōtāyw*: noun, feminine, plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its/his streets
*ḥāḡerû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they gird/put on
*śāq*: noun, masculine, singular - sackcloth
*gaggôtehâ*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her roofs
*û*: conjunction - and
*reḥōḇōtehâ*: noun, feminine, plural construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her squares/open places
*kullōh*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - all of it/everyone
*yeyēlîl*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - wails/howls
*yōrēd*: qal participle, masculine singular - going down/descending
*beḵî*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the weeping

Word Meanings

*ḥûṣōtāyw*: its/his streets/outdoor areas
*ḥāḡerû*: they gird/put on/wear (as mourning gesture)
*śāq*: sackcloth (mourning garment)
*reḥōḇōtehâ*: her squares/open places/broad streets
*yeyēlîl*: wails/howls/laments
*yōrēd*: going down/descending/flowing down

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 3:6-8 : 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Deut 22:8 : 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.
2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Isa 15:2 : 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Isa 22:1 : 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Jer 19:13 : 13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.
Jer 48:38-39 : 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah. 39 How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 15:1-2
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1The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought.
2They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Isa 15:4-5
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4And 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.
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Isa 16:7-8
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7Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.
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Jer 48:36-39
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36Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
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38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.
39How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.
Amos 5:16-17
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Isa 15:7-8
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30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
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Jer 48:31
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31Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
Ezek 7:18
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Jer 48:1
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Jer 4:8
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Isa 33:7
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