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28 A fire began in Heshbon.
    That fire began in Sihon’s city.
The fire destroyed Ar in Moab.
    It burned the hills above Arnon River.
29 It is bad for you, Moab.
    You lost Chemosh’s people.
His sons ran away.
    His daughters were taken prisoners by Sihon, king of the Amorites.
30 But we defeated those Amorites.
    We destroyed their towns from Heshbon to Dibon,
    from Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba.”

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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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