"Ataroth,Dibon,Jazer,Nimrah,Heshbon,Elealeh,Sebam,Neboand Beon,
"You also gavethem kingdomsand peoples,And allotted[them] to them as a boundary.They tookpossessionof the landof Sihonthe kingof HeshbonAnd the landof Ogthe kingof Bashan.
For the watersof Nimrimare desolate.Surelythe grassis withered,the tendergrassdiedout, There is nogreenthing.
Concerning Moab.Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"Woeto Nebo,for it has been destroyed;Kiriathaimhas beenputto shame,it has been captured;The loftystrongholdhas beenputto shameand shattered.
"Thereis praisefor Moabnolonger;In Heshbonthey have devisedcalamityagainsther: 'Comeand let us cuther offfrom [being] a nation!'You too,Madmen,will be silenced;The swordwill followafteryou.
"Morethanthe weepingfor JazerI will weepfor you, O vineof Sibmah!Your tendrilsstretchedacrossthe sea,They reachedto the seaof Jazer;Upon your summerfruitsand your grapeharvestThe destroyerhas fallen.
"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.
therefore,behold,I am going to deprivethe flankof Moabof [its] cities,of its citieswhich are on its frontiers,the gloryof the land,Beth-jeshimoth,Baal-meonand Kiriathaim,
"For a firewentforthfrom Heshbon,A flamefrom the townof Sihon;It devouredArof Moab,The dominantheightsof the Arnon.
"But we have castthem down,Heshbonis ruinedas faras Dibon,Then we have laidwasteevento Nophah,Which[reaches] to Medeba."
Mosessentto spyout Jazer,and they capturedits villagesand dispossessedthe Amoriteswho[were] there.
Now the sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadhadan exceedinglylargenumberof livestock.So when they sawthe landof Jazerand the landof Gilead,that it was indeeda placesuitablefor livestock,
the sonsof Gadand the sonsof Reubencameand spoketo Mosesand to Eleazarthe priestand to the leadersof the congregation,saying,
Heshbon,and allits citieswhichare on the plain:Dibonand Bamoth-baaland Beth-baal-meon,
and Kiriathaimand Sibmahand Zereth-shaharon the hillof the valley,
Heshbonwith its pasturelands,Jazerwith its pasturelands;fourcitiesin all.
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?
