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 and Elealeh cry out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out; its soul quivers for him.
Isaiah 24:7
[The] new wine dries up; [the] vine languishes. All [the] merry of heart sigh;
2 Samuel 1:21
O mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of [grain for] offerings, for there the small shield of [the] mighty [was] defiled, the small shield of Saul [was] 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, Heshbon and Elealeh, for a jubilant shout has fallen over your summer fruit and harvest.
Numbers 32:38
and Nebo, Baal Meon (their names [were] changed), and Sibmah, and {they renamed} the cities that they rebuilt.

The lords

Isaiah 10:7
But he does not think this, and his heart does not plan this. For [it is] in his heart to destroy and to cut off not a few nations.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I myself have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and also the animals of the field I have given to him to serve him.

General references

Joshua 13:16
Their territory was from Aroer, which [was] on the edge of the wadi of Arnon, and the city that [is] in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau by Medeba;
Isaiah 24:7
[The] new wine dries up; [the] vine languishes. All [the] merry of heart sigh;