Numbers 21:28

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For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

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  • Num 21:15 : 15 and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”
  • Jer 48:45-46 : 45 In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people. 46 Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 So I will set Hazael’s house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad’s fortresses.
  • Amos 1:7 : 7 So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.
  • Amos 1:10 : 10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”
  • Amos 1:12 : 12 So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”
  • Amos 1:14 : 14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
  • Amos 2:2 : 2 So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.
  • Amos 2:5 : 5 So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
  • Num 22:41 : 41 Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
  • Deut 2:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to me,“Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.
  • Deut 2:18 : 18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 For this reason the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
  • Isa 15:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Moab This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed! 2 They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.

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  • Jer 48:45-46
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    45In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

    46Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile.

  • Num 21:26-27
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    26For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon.

    27That is why those who speak in proverbs say,“Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!

  • Num 21:29-30
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    29Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.

    30We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

  • Isa 16:7-8
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    7So Moab wails over its demise– they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

    8For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the wilderness; their shoots spread out and cross the sea.

  • Jer 48:34-36
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    34Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

    35I will put an end in Moab to those who make offerings at her places of worship. I will put an end to those who sacrifice to other gods. I, the LORD, affirm it!

    36So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish.

  • Jer 48:20-21
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    20They will answer,‘Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.’

    21“Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

  • Amos 2:1-2
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    1This is what the LORD says:“Because Moab has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.

    2So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.

  • Jer 48:1-5
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    1Judgment Against Moab The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel spoke about Moab.“Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!

    2People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying,‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

    3Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim,‘Oh, the ruin and great destruction!’

    4“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.

    5Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction.

  • Isa 15:4
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    4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Isa 15:1
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    1The Lord Will Judge Moab This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

  • Amos 1:14
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    14So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • Num 21:13-15
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    71%

    13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

    14This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD,“Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon

    15and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”

  • Num 31:10
    71%

    10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

  • Jer 48:42
    71%

    42Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the LORD.

  • Jer 48:15-16
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    71%

    15Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!

    16Moab’s destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.

  • Josh 13:10
    71%

    10and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Job 31:12
    71%

    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • Deut 32:22
    71%

    22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

  • Deut 29:23
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    23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.

  • Isa 15:8
    70%

    8Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.

  • Joel 2:3
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    3Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!

  • Ps 106:18
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    18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • Joel 1:19
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    19To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

  • Jer 48:8-9
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    70%

    8The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the LORD, have spoken!

    9Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited.”

  • Zeph 2:9
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    9Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,“be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.”

  • Amos 1:12
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    12So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”

  • Jer 48:25
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    25Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Jer 48:18
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    18Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.

  • Job 41:21
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    21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

  • Lam 4:11
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    11כ(Kaf) The LORD fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.