3In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.


In Context

1 THE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.

3 In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.

4 Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their voice is heard even to Jasa. For this shall the well appointed men of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to itself.

5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 15:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they are girded with sackcloth; on their roofs, and in their broadways, every one howleth, melted into tears.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth: on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping abundantly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth — going down with weeping.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.