Isaiah 16:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Vineyards near Heshbon and Sibmah have turned brown. The rulers of nations used to get drunk on wine from those vineyards that spread to Jazer, then across the desert and beyond the sea.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

Don't let dew or rain fall on the hills of Gilboa. Don't let its fields grow offerings for God. There the warriors' shields were smeared with mud, and Saul's own shield was left unpolished.

Isaiah 10:7

He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.

Isaiah 15:4

From Heshbon and Elealeh, weeping is heard in Jahaz; Moab's warriors scream while trembling with fear.

Isaiah 16:9

Now I mourn like Jazer for the vineyards of Sibmah. I shed tears for Heshbon and for Elealeh. There will be no more harvest celebrations

Isaiah 24:7

Grapevines have dried up: wine is almost gone— mournful sounds are heard instead of joyful shouts.

Jeremiah 48:32

People of Sibmah, you were like a vineyard heavy with grapes, and with branches reaching north to the town of Jazer and west to the Dead Sea. But you have been destroyed, and so I will weep for you, as the people of Jazer weep for the vineyards.

Numbers 21:32

Moses sent some men to explore the town of Jazer. Later, the Israelites captured the villages surrounding it and forced out the Amorites who lived there.

Numbers 32:3

“The LORD has helped us capture the land around the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon. That's good pasture land, and since we own cattle and sheep,

Numbers 32:35

Atroth-Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:38

Sibmah, as well as the towns that used to be known as Nebo and Baal-Meon. They renamed all those places.

Joshua 13:25

It included the town of Jazer, and in the Gilead region their territory took in the land and towns as far east as the town of Aroer just west of Rabbah. This was about half of the land that had once belonged to the Ammonites.