Numbers 24:17 References
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"I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; A star shall come forth from Jacob, aA scepter shall rise from Israel, bAnd shall crush through the forehead of Moab, And tear down all the sons of Sheth.
b Numbers 21:29, Isaiah 15:1-9, Isaiah 16:1-14
Numbers 21
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"aWoe to you, O Moab! You are ruined, O people of bChemosh! cHe has given his sons as fugitives, dAnd his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon.
Isaiah 15
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The oracle concerning aMoab. Surely in a night bAr of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
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They have gone up to the temple and to aDibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone's head is bbald and every beard is cut off.
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In their streets they have girded themselves with asackcloth; bOn their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, cdissolved in tears.
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aHeshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him.
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My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as aZoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the bascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress cover their ruin.
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For the awaters of Nimrim are desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out, There is bno green thing.
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Therefore the aabundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of Arabim.
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For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab, Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.
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For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon, A alion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 16
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aSend the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, From bSela by way of the wilderness to the cmountain of the daughter of Zion.
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Then, like afleeing birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of bMoab will be at the fords of the cArnon.
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"Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your ashadow like night at high noon; bHide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
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"Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, aOppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
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A athrone will even be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of bDavid; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness.
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aWe have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; bHis idle boasts are false.
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Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the araisin cakes of bKir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken.
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For the fields of aHeshbon have withered, the vines of bSibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; cIts tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
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Therefore I will aweep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O bHeshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your csummer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
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aGladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the bvineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No ctreader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.
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So it will come about when Moab apresents himself, When he bwearies himself upon his chigh place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.
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This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab.