Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
Numbers 21:28 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath consumed Ar of Moab, And the lords of the high places of Arnon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab and the lords of the heights of the Arnon. American Standard Version (1901) For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. Common English Bible Fire went out from Heshbon, flame from Sihon’s city. It consumed Ar of Moab and swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon. Catholic Public Domain Version A fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon, and it has devoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon. |
Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.
I will send fire on the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.’
I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.’
I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day.
I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.
I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.
I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.’
and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.’
That is why the poets say: ‘Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored.
The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he could see the outskirts of the Israelite camp.
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’
‘The thorn-bush said to the trees, “If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thorn-bush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!”
But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!’