Isa. 15:1–16:14 The third oracle concerns Moab. Jeremiah 48 parallels and expands this passage.
Isa. 15:1–9 Moab is devastated by a sudden attack on its villages. Even God mourns for them (vv. 5–9; compare Ezek. 33:11).
Isa. 15:2–3 On every head is baldness . . . sackcloth. An expression of mourning (see 22:12; Jer. 48:37–39; Lam. 2:10).
Isa. 15:9 lion. The Moabites who escape their homeland will also be killed.
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