Isaiah 16:8

The Scriptures 2009

For the fields of Ḥeshbon languish – the vine of Siḇmah. The masters of the nations have broken down its choice plants, which have reached to Ya‛zĕr and wandered through the wilderness. Her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

“Mountains of Gilboa! No dew or rain be upon you, Nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty lay rejected, The shield of Sha’ul, not anointed with oil.

Isaiah 10:7

“But he does not intend so, nor does his heart think so, for it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off not a few nations.

Isaiah 15:4

And Ḥeshbon and El‛alĕh cry out, their voice shall be heard as far as Yahats. Therefore the armed ones of Mo’aḇ shout; his being shall tremble within him.

Isaiah 16:9

Therefore I bewail the vine of Siḇmah, with the weeping of Ya‛zĕr. I water you with my tears, O Ḥeshbon and El‛alĕh, for acclamation has fallen over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine shall fail, the vine shall languish, all those glad at heart shall sigh.

Jeremiah 48:32

“O vine of Siḇmah! I weep for you with the weeping of Ya‛zĕr. Your branches have passed over the sea, they have come to the sea of Ya‛zĕr. The ravager has fallen on your summer fruit and your grape harvest.

Numbers 21:32

And Mosheh sent to spy out Ya‛zĕr. And they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there,

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, and Diḇon, and Ya‛zĕr, and Nimrah, and Ḥeshbon, and El‛alĕh, and Seḇam, and Neḇo, and Be‛on,

Numbers 32:35

and Atroth, Shophan and Ya‛zĕr and Yoḡbehah,

Numbers 32:38

Neḇo and Ba‛al Me‛on – the names being changed – and Shiḇmah. And they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Joshua 13:19

and Qiryathayim, and Siḇmah, and Tsereth Shaḥar on the mountain of the valley,

Joshua 13:25

and their border was Ya‛zĕr, and all the cities of Gil‛aḏ, and half the land of the children of Ammon as far as Aro‛ĕr, which is before Rabbah,