Numbers 21:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִקִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן אָֽכְלָה֙ עָ֣ר מוֹאָ֔ב בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן׃

Transliteration

For-'ēš yāṣə'â from-ḥešbôn lehāḇâ from-qiryaṯ sîḥōn 'āḵəlâ 'ār mô'āḇ ba'ălê bāmôṯ 'arnōn.

Grammar Details

*'ēš*: noun feminine singular - fire
*yāṣə'â*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it went out
*ḥešbôn*: proper noun - Heshbon
*lehāḇâ*: noun feminine singular - flame
*qiryaṯ*: noun feminine singular construct - city of
*sîḥōn*: proper noun - Sihon
*'āḵəlâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it consumed
*'ār*: proper noun - Ar
*mô'āḇ*: proper noun - Moab
*ba'ălê*: noun masculine plural construct - lords of
*bāmôṯ*: noun feminine plural construct - high places of
*'arnōn*: proper noun - Arnon

Word Meanings

*ba'ălê bāmôṯ*: lords of the heights/rulers of the high places/possessors of the shrines
*qiryaṯ sîḥōn*: City of Sihon/Kiriath-sihon

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Referenced Verses

Num 21:15 : 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
Jer 48:45-46 : 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Amos 1:4 : 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
Amos 1:7 : 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Amos 1:10 : 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos 1:12 : 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which 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 on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Deut 2:9 : 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deut 2:18 : 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
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 shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 48:45-46
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45They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Num 21:26-27
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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 Arnon.
27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Num 21:29-30
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29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, 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 them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Isa 16:7-8
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7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Jer 48:34-36
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34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
Jer 48:20-21
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20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
21And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
Amos 2:1-2
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1Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and 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
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1Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
2There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
3A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Isa 15:4
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4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
Isa 9:18
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Isa 15:1
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Amos 1:14
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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:
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Num 21:13-15
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13From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
Num 31:10
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Jer 48:42
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42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
Jer 48:15-16
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15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Josh 13:10
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10And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Job 22:20
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20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Job 31:12
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12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Deut 32:22
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22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Deut 29:23
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23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Isa 15:8
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8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
Joel 2:3
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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 nothing shall escape them.
Ps 106:18
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18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Joel 1:19
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19O LORD, to thee will 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
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8And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
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Zeph 2:9
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9Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Amos 1:12
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12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Jer 48:25
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25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Jer 48:18
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18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
Job 41:21
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Lam 4:11
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11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.