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
Nebo, Baal-meon (after having changed their names), and Sibmah. The cities that they rebuilt were renamed.
Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon wither, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck down its choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and pushed to the desert. Its shoots spread out and passed over the sea."

Jazer

Numbers 21:32
Then Moses sent out explorers to scout Jazer. They captured its towns and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Joshua 21:39
Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands, for a total of four cities in all.

The spoiler

Jeremiah 48:8
A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed." This is what the LORD has said!
Jeremiah 40:10
As for me, I'll remain at Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil. Put it in your containers and live in your cities that you have taken over."

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