Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

Bible References

Vine

Numbers 32:38
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
Isaiah 16:8
For Heshbon’s terraced vineyards
and the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled its choice vines
that reached as far as Jazer
and spread to the desert.
Their shoots spread out
and reached the Dead Sea.

Jazer

Numbers 21:32
After Moses sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Joshua 21:39
Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.

The spoiler

Jeremiah 48:8
The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,
as the Lord has said.
Jeremiah 40:10
As for me, I am going to live in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have captured.”

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