Isaiah 16:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

“Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor upsurging of the deep! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

Isaiah 10:7

But he does not so intend, and his mind does not so think; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon and Ele-aleh cry out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.

Isaiah 16:9

Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Ele-aleh; for upon your fruit and your harvest the battle shout has fallen.

Isaiah 24:7

The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.

Jeremiah 48:32

More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached as far as Jazer; upon your summer fruits and your vintage the destroyer has fallen.

Numbers 21:32

And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages, and dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:35

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:38

Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names to be changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Joshua 13:19

and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley,

Joshua 13:25

Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,