Jeremiah 48:45

God's Word

“Those who flee will stand exhausted in the shadow of Heshbon. A fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from Sihon. It will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab and the skulls of those noisy people.

Cross References

Psalm 135:11

King Sihon of the Amorites, King Og of Bashan, and all the kingdoms in Canaan.

Psalm 78:63

Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins heard no wedding songs.

Jeremiah 2:16

People from Noph and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, Israel.

Jeremiah 48:2

People will no longer praise Moab. The people in Heshbon will plan Moab’s destruction. “Let’s destroy that nation!” You will be silenced, city of Madmen. Death will come after you.

Amos 2:2

I will send a fire on Moab and burn down the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die during the noise of battle while troops are shouting and rams’ horns are blowing.

Zechariah 10:4

From them will come a cornerstone, from them a tent peg, from them a battle bow, from them every leader.

Numbers 21:21

Then Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites,

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had fought the former king of Moab and had taken all his land up to the Arnon Valley.

Numbers 21:28

Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites.

Numbers 21:29

How horrible it is for you, Moab! You are destroyed, you people of the god Chemosh. Chemosh let his sons become refugees and he let his daughters become prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.

Numbers 24:17

I see someone who is not here now. I look at someone who is not nearby. A star will come from Jacob. A scepter will rise from Israel. He will crush the heads of the Moabites and destroy all the people of Sheth.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus asked them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord is responsible for this, and it is amazing for us to see’?