Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away. "
— Isaiah 15:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.”
“For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing. ”
“For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.”
“For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.”
“For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished.”
“The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.”
“For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.”
At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.
Heshbon will cry out with Elealeh. Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz. Over this, the well-equipped men of Moab wail; each soul will wail to itself.
My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away.
This is in accord with the magnitude of their works and of their visitation. They will lead them to the torrent of the willows.
For an outcry has circulated along the border of Moab; its wailing even to Eglaim, and its clamor even to the well of Elim.
Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood, I will place even more upon Dibon: those from Moab who flee the lion, and the survivors of the earth.