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
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
Isaiah 24:7
The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
2 Samuel 1:21
"You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

The vine

Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased.
Numbers 32:38
Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.

The lords

Isaiah 10:7
But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
Jeremiah 27:6
Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.

General references

Joshua 13:16
So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;
Isaiah 24:7
The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.

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