28 For [a]a fire is gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the lords of Bamoth in Arnon.

29 Woe be to thee, Moab: O people of [b]Chemosh, thou art undone: he hath suffered his sons to be pursued, and his daughters to be in captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites.

30 Their [c]empire also is lost from Heshbon unto Dibon, and we have destroyed them unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:28 Meaning, war.
  2. Numbers 21:29 Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, 1 Kings 11:33, who was not able to defend his worshippers, which took the idol for their father.
  3. Numbers 21:30 Hebrew, light.

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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