H4911Wherefore they that speak in proverbs[H8802] H559say[H8799] H935, Come[H8798] H2809into HeshbonH5892, let the cityH5511of SihonH1129be built[H8735] H3559and prepared[H8709] :
H5375Shall not all these take up[H8799] H4912a parableH4426against him, and a tauntingH2420proverbH559against him, and say[H8799] H1945, WoeH7235to him that increaseth[H8688] H3513that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth[H8688] H5671himself with thick clay!
H5375That thou shalt take up[H8804] H4912this proverbH4428against the kingH894of BabylonH559, and say[H8804] H5065, How hath the oppressor[H8802] H7673ceased[H8804] H4062! the golden cityH7673ceased[H8804] !
H559Wherefore it is said[H8735] H5612in the bookH4421of the warsH3068of the LORDH2052, What he didH5492in the Red seaH5158, and in the brooksH769of Arnon,
H2809For HeshbonH5892was the cityH5511of SihonH4428the kingH567of the AmoritesH3898, who had fought[H8738] H7223against the formerH4428kingH4124of MoabH3947, and taken[H8799] H776all his landH3027out of his handH769, even unto Arnon.
H784For there is a fireH3318gone out[H8804] H2809of HeshbonH3852, a flameH7151from the cityH5511of SihonH398: it hath consumed[H8804] H6144ArH4124of MoabH1181, and the lords of the high placesH769of Arnon.
H2346Now it came to pass, when the wallH1129was built[H8738] H5975, and I had set up[H8686] H1817the doorsH7778, and the portersH7891and the singers[H8789] H3881and the LevitesH6485were appointed[H8735] ,
