Isaiah 22:12

22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,

for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Isaiah 15:2

15:2 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.


tn Heb “for baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.” See the note at 15:2.

tn Heb “house.”

tn Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.

tn Heb “over [or “for”] Nebo and over [or “for”] Medeba.”

sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.