Isaiah 15:4


Heshbon and Elealeh [cities claimed by Moab] cry out;
Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out;
Moab’s soul trembles within him.

Jeremiah 48:34

From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolations.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Numbers 11:15

So if this is the way You are going to deal with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

Numbers 21:23

But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.

Numbers 32:3-4

“[The country around] Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Deuteronomy 2:32

“Then at Jahaz, Sihon and all his people came out to meet us in battle.

Joshua 13:18

and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath,

Judges 11:20

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered together all his people and camped at Jahaz and fought against Israel.

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Job 3:20-22


“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,

Job 7:15-16


So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.

Isaiah 16:8-9


For the fields of Heshbon have languished and withered, and the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down [Moab’s] choice vine branches,
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered into the wilderness;
Its tendrils stretched out, they passed over [the shores of] the [Dead] Sea.

Jeremiah 8:3

And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 20:18


Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Revelation 9:6

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

General references

Bible References

Jahaz

Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:32
“Then at Jahaz, Sihon and all his people came out to meet us in battle.
Joshua 13:18
and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath,
Judges 11:20
But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered together all his people and camped at Jahaz and fought against Israel.

His

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Numbers 11:15
So if this is the way You are going to deal with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Job 3:20

“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Jeremiah 8:3
And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

General references

Exodus 11:6
There shall be a great cry [of heartache and sorrow] throughout the land of Egypt, such as has never been before and such as shall never be again.
Joshua 13:16
Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba;