Verse 28

For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 21:15 : 15 and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”
  • Jer 48:45-46 : 45 In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people. 46 Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 So I will set Hazael’s house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad’s fortresses.
  • Amos 1:7 : 7 So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.
  • Amos 1:10 : 10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”
  • Amos 1:12 : 12 So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”
  • Amos 1:14 : 14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
  • Amos 2:2 : 2 So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.
  • Amos 2:5 : 5 So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
  • Num 22:41 : 41 Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
  • Deut 2:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to me,“Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.
  • Deut 2:18 : 18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 For this reason the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
  • Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Moab This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed! 2 They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.