Verse 2

They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:5 : 5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
  • Jer 48:1 : 1 Judgment Against Moab The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel spoke about Moab.“Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!
  • Jer 48:18 : 18 Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.
  • Num 21:30 : 30 We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
  • Isa 3:24 : 24 A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.
  • Deut 34:1 : 1 The Death of Moses Then Moses ascended from the rift valley plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land– Gilead to Dan,
  • Josh 13:16-17 : 16 Their territory started at Aroer(on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba, 17 Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
  • Lev 19:27-28 : 27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. 28 You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Isa 14:31 : 31 Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
  • Isa 15:3 : 3 In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.
  • Isa 16:7 : 7 So Moab wails over its demise– they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
  • Isa 16:12 : 12 When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
  • Jer 7:29 : 29 So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”
  • Jer 47:5 : 5 The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power?
  • Num 32:3 : 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
  • Num 32:38 : 38 Nebo, Baal Meon(with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built.
  • Deut 14:1 : 1 The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
  • Jer 48:22-23 : 22 on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim, 23 on Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon,
  • Jer 48:31 : 31 So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres.
  • Jer 48:37-39 : 37 For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the LORD, affirm it! 39 Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”
  • Ezek 7:18 : 18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.