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28 (A) His armies marched out
    like fiery flames,
burning down the town of Ar
and destroying[a] the hills
    along the Arnon River.
29 You Moabites are done for!
Your god Chemosh
    deserted your people;
they were captured, taken away
    by King Sihon the Amorite.
30 We completely defeated Moab.
The towns of Heshbon and Dibon,
    of Nophah and Medeba
    are ruined and gone.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 21.28 destroying: One ancient translation; Hebrew “the rulers of.”
  2. 21.30 gone: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 30.

28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.(A)
It consumed(B) Ar(C) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.(D)
29 Woe to you, Moab!(E)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!(F)
He has given up his sons as fugitives(G)
    and his daughters as captives(H)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(I)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.(J)

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