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.

15 A prophecy against Moab: destroyed in a night! Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. and every beard cut off. prostrate with weeping. their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. and their hearts are faint. as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. they lament their destruction. and nothing green is left. they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.

Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. 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. Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep.

Isaiah 15:2. He is gone up to Bajith — Which signifies a house. It is supposed to be the name of a place, so called from some eminent house or temple of their idols which was in it; and to Dibon — Another city of Moab; to weep — To offer their supplications with tears to their idols for help.

They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].

2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

1. What does the mourning of Moab in Isaiah 15:2 teach us about the consequences of turning away from God? 2. How can the rituals of mourning described in this passage inform our understanding of grief and loss in our own lives? 3.

What does Isaiah 15:2 mean? This oracle against Moab is describing the response to a terrible judgment that will fall on the nation. Isaiah wrote that because two of the major cities have been destroyed, including the capital, Moab is defeated (Isaiah 15:1).

Isaiah 15:2 “He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.” King James Version (KJV)

Isaiah 15:2 Explanation. Isaiah 15:2 describes a scene of intense mourning amongst the Moabites, a neighboring nation to ancient Israel. Bajith and Dibon are places within Moab where the people have gone to weep over the calamities that have befallen them.