Isaiah 15:6-9

15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹ 

the grass is dried up,

the vegetation has disappeared,

and there are no plants.

15:7 For this reason what they have made and stored up,

they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

15:8 Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory;

their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. ² 

15:9 Indeed, the waters of Dimon ³  are full of blood!

Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. ⁴ 

A lion will attack ⁵  the Moabite fugitives

and the people left in the land.

[15:6]  ¹ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

[15:8]  ² tn Heb “to Eglaim [is] her wailing, and [to] Beer Elim [is] her wailing.”

[15:9]  ³ tc The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads “Dibon” instead of “Dimon” in this verse.

[15:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Indeed I will place on Dimon added things.” Apparently the Lord is speaking.

[15:9]  ⁵ tn The words “will attack” are supplied in the translation for clarification.