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


In Context

1 The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.

2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.

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

4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.

5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise 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 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 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.