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 all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud and tremble with fear.
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourns, the vine decays and the merry-hearted sigh.
2 Samuel 1:21
Let no rain or dew fall on the mountains of Gilboa. Let its fields be barren! For the shields of the mighty lie there in disgrace. The shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.

The vine

Isaiah 16:9
So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
Numbers 32:38
Nebo, Baal Meon whose names were changed, and Sibmah. These are the names they gave the cities they rebuilt.

The lords

Isaiah 10:7
But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.
Jeremiah 27:6
Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.

General references

Joshua 13:16
Their coast was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba,
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourns, the vine decays and the merry-hearted sigh.