Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

General references

Bible References

The fields

Isaiah 15:4
And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh: their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out: his soul trembleth in him.
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
2 Samuel 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as not anointed with oil.

The vine

Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
Numbers 32:38
and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built.

The lords

Isaiah 10:7
But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

General references

Joshua 13:16
And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau by Medeba;
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;