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


In Context

1 An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!

2 Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.

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

4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.

5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:3In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.

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.