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Isaiah 15:8
ESV For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
NIV Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
NASB For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab, Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its howling to Beer-elim.
CSB For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim.
NLT A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other — from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
KJV For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
NKJV For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim.

What does Isaiah 15:8 mean?

The judgment of God has come on the people of the nation of Moab. Foreign invaders have wiped out several of their cities (Isaiah 15:1–2). The survivors have trudged south to escape the bloodshed and find a new place to settle (Isaiah 15:5). This judgment has not yet taken place at the time of Isaiah writing, but his oracle from the Lord says that it will in three years' time (Isaiah 16:14).

Now Isaiah emphasizes just how difficult the suffering of the people is. The sound of their grief has gone around the land of Moab reaching both Eglaim and Beer-elim. Scholars do not know the locations of these two cities. They suggest that perhaps one is in the south and the other in the north. It's possible that the loud weeping of a large group of people could be heard from extremely far away; more likely is that news of the disaster is traveling through the area. Either way, the point is clear: The Moabites were in great anguish. The destruction and loss of life from one end of the nation to the other is agonizing. Everyone was suffering.
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