Thereforethose who useproverbssay,"Cometo Heshbon!Let it be built!So let the cityof Sihonbe established.
Now whenthe wallwas rebuiltand I had setup the doors,and the gatekeepersand the singersand the Leviteswere appointed,
that you will takeup thistauntagainstthe kingof Babylon,and say,"Howthe oppressorhas ceased,[And how] furyhas ceased!
"Will not allof thesetakeup a taunt-songagainsthim, Even mockery[and] insinuationsagainst him And say,Woeto him who increaseswhat is not his-- For howlong--And makeshimself richwith loans?'
Thereforeit is saidin the Bookof the Warsof the LORD,"Wahebin Suphah,And the wadisof the Arnon,
For Heshbonwas the cityof Sihon,kingof the Amorites,whohad foughtagainst the formerkingof Moaband had takenallhis landout of his hand,as faras the Arnon.
"For a firewentforthfrom Heshbon,A flamefrom the townof Sihon;It devouredArof Moab,The dominantheightsof the Arnon.
