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28 (A)For a fire went forth from Heshbon,
A flame from the town of Sihon;
It devoured (B)Ar of Moab,
The [a](C)dominant [b]heights of the Arnon.
29 (D)Woe to you, O Moab!
You perish, O people of (E)Chemosh!
(F)He has given his sons as fugitives,
(G)And his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 But we have cast them down,
Heshbon perishes as far as (H)Dibon,
And we have made desolate even to Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:28 Lit lords of the
  2. Numbers 21:28 Or Bamoth

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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