Isaiah 15:9

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“The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.”

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BSBPD

“The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 15:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  2. Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
  3. Leviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
  4. Leviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  5. Numbers 21:30But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
  6. 2 Kings 17:25Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
  7. Jeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
  8. Jeremiah 48:43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
  10. Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

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