Numbers 21:28

American Standard Version (1901)

For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

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  • Num 21:15 : 15 And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
  • Jer 48:45-46 : 45 They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
  • Amos 1:7 : 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Amos 1:10 : 10 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Amos 1:12 : 12 but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
  • Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
  • Amos 2:2 : 2 but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
  • Amos 2:5 : 5 but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
  • Num 22:41 : 41 And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
  • Deut 2:9 : 9 And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
  • Deut 2:18 : 18 Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
  • Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought. 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

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  • Jer 48:45-46
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    84%

    45They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

    46Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.

  • Num 21:26-27
    2 verses
    81%

    26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.

    27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:

  • Num 21:29-30
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    78%

    29Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

    30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which [reacheth] unto Medeba.

  • Isa 16:7-8
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    74%

    7Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.

    8For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

  • Jer 48:34-36
    3 verses
    74%

    34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

    35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

    36Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

  • Jer 48:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

    21And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

  • Amos 2:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

    2but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

  • Jer 48:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

    2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.

    3The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

    4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

    5For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

  • Isa 15:4
    73%

    4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.

  • Isa 9:18
    72%

    18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Isa 15:1
    72%

    1The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought.

  • Amos 1:14
    72%

    14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

  • Ps 83:14
    71%

    14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

  • Num 21:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

    14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,

    15And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.

  • Num 31:10
    71%

    10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

  • Jer 48:42
    71%

    42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.

  • Jer 48:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

  • Josh 13:10
    71%

    10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

  • Job 31:12
    71%

    12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

  • Deut 32:22
    71%

    22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Deut 29:23
    71%

    23[ and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Isa 15:8
    70%

    8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.

  • Joel 2:3
    70%

    3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

  • Ps 106:18
    70%

    18And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

  • Joel 1:19
    70%

    19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

  • Jer 48:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

    9Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

  • Zeph 2:9
    69%

    9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

  • Amos 1:12
    69%

    12but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Jer 48:25
    69%

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 48:18
    69%

    18O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

  • Job 41:21
    69%

    21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

  • Lam 4:11
    69%

    11Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.