Isaiah 15:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 2 Kgs 17:25 : 25 Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.
  • Jer 15:3 : 3 And I will put over them four divisions, says the Lord: the sword causing death, dogs pulling the dead bodies about, and the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth to take their bodies for food and put an end to them.
  • Jer 48:43-45 : 43 Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord. 44 He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord. 45 Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
  • Lev 26:18 : 18 And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
  • Lev 26:21-22 : 21 And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins. 22 I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.
  • Lev 26:24 : 24 Then I will go against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for all your sins.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.

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  • Isa 15:4-8
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    4 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.

    5 My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.

    6 The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.

    7 For this cause they will take away their wealth, and the stores they have got together, over the stream of the water-plants.

    8 For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.

  • Ezek 25:9
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    9 For this cause, I will let the side of Moab be uncovered, and his towns on every side, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and as far as Kiriathaim.

  • Amos 2:1-3
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    1 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because he had the bones of the king of Edom burned to dust.

    2 And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:

    3 And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

  • Jer 48:33-34
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    33 All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.

    34 The cry of Heshbon comes even to Elealeh; to Jahaz their voice is sounding; from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim will become dry.

  • Zeph 2:8-9
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    8 My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

    9 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.

  • Jer 48:1-5
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    1 Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.

    2 The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you.

    3 There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;

    4 Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.

    5 For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.

  • Ezek 25:11
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    11 And I will be the judge of Moab; and they will see that I am the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 3:23
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    23 Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.

  • Jer 48:47
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    47 But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.

  • Jer 48:31
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    31 For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.

  • Isa 15:1
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    1 The word about Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer; for in a night Kir of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer.

  • Jer 48:42
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    42 And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.

  • Jer 48:15-16
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    15 He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

    16 The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.

  • Jer 48:24-26
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    24 And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.

    25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

    26 Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

  • Amos 1:12
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    12 And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.

  • Jer 48:20
    70%

    20 Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

  • Nah 2:12-13
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    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

    13 Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

  • Jer 48:36
    70%

    36 So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.

  • Jer 48:38-40
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    38 On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.

    39 How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.

    40 For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.

  • Jer 48:9
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    9 Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

  • Isa 16:11
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    11 For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.

  • Num 23:24
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    24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • Isa 16:7
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    7 For this cause everyone in Moab will give cries of grief for Moab: crushed to the earth, they will be weeping for the men of Kir-hareseth.

  • Jer 49:19
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    19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

  • Jer 48:18
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    18 Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18
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    18 And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.

  • Jer 48:45
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    45 Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

  • Zech 11:3
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    3 The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.

  • Hos 5:14
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    14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.

  • Isa 34:5
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    5 For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

  • Isa 16:2
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    2 For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.