'Heights' in the Bible
For fire came out of Heshbon,a flame from the city of Sihon.It consumed Ar of Moab,the lords of Arnon’s heights.
He made him ride on the heights of the landand eat the produce of the field.He nourished him with honey from the rockand oil from flint-like rock,
Zebulun was a people risking their lives,Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.How the mighty have fallen!
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights.
You have mocked the Lord through your messengers.You have said:With my many chariotsI have gone up to the heights of the mountains,to the far recesses of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars,its choice cypress trees.I came to its farthest outpost,its densest forest.
Even now my witness is in heaven,and my advocate is in the heights!
He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights.
You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;You received gifts from people,even from the rebellious,so that the Lord God might live there.
He built His sanctuary like the heights,like the earth that He established forever.
He looked down from His holy heights—the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth—
Hallelujah!Praise the Lord from the heavens;praise Him in the heights.
At the heights overlooking the road,at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
The fool is appointed to great heights,but the rich remain in lowly positions.
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;the almond tree blossoms,the grasshopper loses its spring,and the caper berry has no effect;for man is headed to his eternal home,and mourners will walk around in the street;
“Ask for a sign from the Lord your God—from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.”
he will dwell on the heights;his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,his food provided, his water assured.
You have mocked the Lord through your servants.You have said, “With my many chariotsI have gone up to the heights of the mountains,to the far recesses of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars,its choice cypress trees.I came to its distant heights,its densest forest.
I will open rivers on the barren heights,and springs in the middle of the plains.I will turn the desert into a pool of waterand dry land into springs of water.
saying to the prisoners: Come out,and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.They will feed along the pathways,and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.
then you will delight yourself in the Lord,and I will make you ride over the heights of the land,and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.”For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Look to the barren heights and see.Where have you not been immoral?You sat waiting for them beside the highwayslike a nomad in the desert.You have defiled the landwith your prostitution and wickedness.
A sound is heard on the barren heights,the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,for they have perverted their way;they have forgotten the Lord their God.
“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;
Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.
Over all the barren heights in the wildernessthe destroyers have come,for the Lord has a sword that devoursfrom one end of the earth to the other.No one has peace.
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heightspanting for air like jackals.Their eyes failbecause there are no green plants.
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;they will be radiant with joybecause of the Lord’s goodness,because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,and because of the young of the flocks and herds.Their life will be like an irrigated garden,and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, ‘Good! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
He is here:the One who forms the mountains,creates the wind,and reveals His thoughts to man,the One who makes the dawn out of darknessand strides on the heights of the earth.Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.
Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,you who live in clefts of the rockin your home on the heights,who say to yourself,“Who can bring me down to the ground?”
Look, the Lord is leaving His placeand coming down to tramplethe heights of the earth.
Yahweh my Lord is my strength;He makes my feet like those of a deerand enables me to walk on mountain heights!For the choir director: on stringed instruments.