Isaiah 15:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets, everyone shall wail, weeping abundantly.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In their streets{H2351} they gird{H2296} themselves with sackcloth;{H8242} on their housetops,{H1406} and in their broad{H7339} places, every one waileth,{H3213} weeping{H1065} abundantly.{H3381}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    In their streets{H2351} they shall gird{H2296}{(H8804)} themselves with sackcloth{H8242}: on the tops{H1406} of their houses, and in their streets{H7339}, every one shall howl{H3213}{(H8686)}, weeping{H1065} abundantly{H3381}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    In their stretes were they gyrded aboute with sack cloth. In all the toppes of their houses & stretes was there nothinge, but mournynge and wepinge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    In their streetes shall they bee gilded with sackecloth: on the toppes of their houses, and in their streetes euery one shall howle, and come downe with weeping.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    In her streetes are they girded about with sackcloth: In all the toppes of her houses and streetes shalbe nothyng but mournyng and weepyng.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In their streets they are covering themselves with haircloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their public places, there is crying and bitter weeping.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

Referenced Verses

  • Jonah 3:6-8 : 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water. 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.’
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you do not bring bloodguilt upon your house if someone falls from it.
  • 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, 'Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.' And King David himself walked behind the bier.
  • 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. As he was walking on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath, next to his skin.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.
  • Isa 22:1 : 1 This is an oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of my people.'
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.
  • Jer 48:38-39 : 38 On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD. 39 How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 15:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1 An oracle concerning Moab: In the night, Ar of Moab was devastated and destroyed. In the night, Kir of Moab was devastated and destroyed.

    2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.

  • Isa 15:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls are filled with dread.

    5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.

  • Isa 16:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    7 Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab—everyone will wail. Mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, utterly stricken and grieving.

    8 The fields of Heshbon languish, as does the vine of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck its choice vines, which reached as far as Jazer, wandered into the wilderness, and spread their shoots abroad, crossing the sea.

  • Jer 48:36-39
    4 verses
    81%

    36 Therefore, my heart moans for Moab like the sound of flutes; it moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres, because their accumulated wealth has perished.

    37 Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.

    38 On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD.

    39 How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

  • Amos 5:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord says: There will be wailing in all the open squares, and in all the streets they will say, 'Woe, woe!' They will summon the farmer to mourning and professional mourners to lamentation.

    17 In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst—this is what the Lord has declared.

  • Isa 15:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 So the wealth they have earned and their stored possessions will be carried away over the Wadi of the Willows.

    8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim.

  • Ezek 27:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30 They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.

    31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. In deep anguish and bitter mourning, they will weep for you.

  • Jer 48:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3 A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

    4 Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known.

    5 For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.

  • Jer 48:31
    77%

    31 Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Ezek 7:18
    76%

    18 They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.

  • Isa 22:12
    75%

    12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.

  • Jer 49:3
    75%

    3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Wander around by the fences, for their king will go into exile, along with his priests and officials together.

  • Jer 48:20
    75%

    20 Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

  • Jer 9:18
    75%

    18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'

  • Mic 1:8
    75%

    8 Because of this, I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like jackals and mourn like ostriches.

  • Isa 16:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Therefore, my heart moans like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir Hareseth.

    12 When Moab appears, weary on the high places, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

  • Joel 1:8
    74%

    8 Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

  • Jer 14:2
    74%

    2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.

  • Jer 48:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15 Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and her disaster is rushing swiftly.

    17 Mourn for her, all you who surround her, and all who know her name; say, 'How the mighty rod of strength and the glorious staff is broken!'

  • Isa 3:26
    73%

    26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

  • Jer 9:10
    73%

    10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.

  • Amos 8:10
    73%

    10 'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'

  • Jer 6:26
    73%

    26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

  • Jer 48:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 Joy and gladness have been taken from the fertile fields and the land of Moab. I have stopped the wine flowing from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. There is no joyful shouting.

    34 The crying of Heshbon resounds to Elealeh and Jahaz, they have raised their voices from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.

  • Jer 48:1
    73%

    1 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured; the mighty stronghold is humbled and shattered.

  • Jer 4:8
    73%

    8 For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

  • Isa 33:7
    72%

    7 Look, their valiant ones cry out in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly.

  • Lam 2:10
    72%

    10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and dressed themselves in sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground in despair.

  • Ezek 7:16
    72%

    16 Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity.

  • Mic 1:10
    72%

    10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. In Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust.

  • Jer 16:6
    71%

    6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.

  • Jer 9:20
    71%

    20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'

  • Zech 12:11
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    11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

  • Nah 3:7
    71%

    7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'

  • Zeph 1:10
    71%

    10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.