Isaiah 15:8
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For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.

the cry

Isaiah 15:2-5 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. . . .

Jeremiah 48:20-24,31-34 Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is wasted. . . .

Eglaim

Ezekiel 47:10 And the fishers shall stand over these waters, from Engaddi even to Engallim there shall be drying of nets: there shall be many sorts of the fishes thereof, as the fishes of the great sea, a very great multitude:

Context
An Oracle Concerning Moab
7According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows. 8For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.9For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.…
Cross References
Isaiah 15:7
According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.

Isaiah 15:9
For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

their outcry
הַזְּעָקָ֖ה (haz·zə·‘ā·qāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2201: A shriek, outcry

echoes
הִקִּ֥יפָה (hiq·qî·p̄āh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5362: To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate

to the border
גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

of Moab.
מוֹאָ֑ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

Their wailing
יִלְלָתָ֔הּ (yil·lā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3215: A howling

reaches Eglaim;
אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ (’eḡ·la·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 97: Eglaim -- a city in Moab

[it is heard]
יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃ (yil·lā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3215: A howling

in Beer-elim.
אֵילִ֖ים (’ê·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 879: Beer-elim -- 'well of heroes', a city of Moab


Additional Translations
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof to Eglaim, and the howling thereof to Beerelim.

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.

For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Agalim; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Aelim.

For the cry goeth round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

For the cry hath gone round the borders of Moab, her howling to Eglaim, and her howling to Beer-elim.

For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.

For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab, Unto Eglaim is its howling, And to Beer-Elim is its howling.
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