Israeltookallthesecitiesand Israellivedin allthe citiesof the Amorites,in Heshbon,and in allher villages.
"Your neckis like a towerof ivory,Your eyes[like] the poolsin HeshbonBy the gateof Bath-rabbim;Your noseis like the towerof Lebanon,Which facestowardDamascus.
Heshbonand Elealehalso cryout, Their voiceis heardallthe wayto Jahaz;Thereforethe armedmen of Moabcryaloud;His soultrembleswithin him.
"Thereis praisefor Moabnolonger;In Heshbonthey have devisedcalamityagainsther: 'Comeand let us cuther offfrom [being] a nation!'You too,Madmen,will be silenced;The swordwill followafteryou.
"From the outcryat Heshboneven to Elealeh,even to Jahazthey have raisedtheir voice,from Zoareven to Horonaim[and to] Eglath-shelishiyah;for eventhe watersof Nimrimwill becomedesolate.
"In the shadowof HeshbonThe fugitivesstandwithoutstrength;For a firehas goneforthfrom HeshbonAnd a flamefrom the midstof Sihon,And it has devouredthe foreheadof MoabAnd the scalpsof the riotousrevelers.
"Now your oldersisteris Samaria,who livesnorthof you with her daughters;and your youngersister,who livessouthof you, is Sodomwith her daughters.
"Behold,thiswas the guiltof your sisterSodom:she and her daughtershadarrogance,abundantfoodand carelessease,but she did not helpthe poorand needy.
"Nevertheless, I will restoretheir captivity,the captivityof Sodomand her daughters,the captivityof Samariaand her daughters,and alongwith them your owncaptivity,
"It was I who broughtyou up from the landof Egypt,And I ledyou in the wildernessfortyyearsThat you might takepossessionof the landof the Amorite.
For Heshbonwas the cityof Sihon,kingof the Amorites,whohad foughtagainst the formerkingof Moaband had takenallhis landout of his hand,as faras the Arnon.
Thus Israellivedin the landof the Amorites.
"Ataroth,Dibon,Jazer,Nimrah,Heshbon,Elealeh,Sebam,Neboand Beon,
The Horitesformerlylivedin Seir,but the sonsof Esaudispossessedthem and destroyedthem from beforethem and settledin their place,justas Israeldidto the landof their possessionwhichthe LORDgaveto them.)
Then I broughtyou into the landof the Amoriteswho livedbeyondthe Jordan,and they foughtwith you; and I gavethem into your hand,and you tookpossessionof their landwhen I destroyedthem beforeyou.
While Israellivedin Heshbonand its villages,and in Aroerand its villages,and in allthe citiesthat are on the banksof the Arnon,threehundredyears,whydid you not recoverthem within that time?
