Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored. New Living Translation Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored. English Standard Version Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established. Berean Standard Bible That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. King James Bible Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: New King James Version Therefore those who speak in proverbs say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; Let the city of Sihon be repaired. New American Standard Bible For that reason those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. NASB 1995 Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. NASB 1977 Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. Amplified Bible That is why those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established. Christian Standard Bible Therefore the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. American Standard Version Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: Contemporary English Version That's why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon: Come and rebuild Heshbon, King Sihon's capital city! English Revised Version Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established: GOD'S WORD® Translation This is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon! Rebuild it! Restore Sihon's city! Good News Translation That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored. International Standard Version Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say: Come to Heshbon and let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be established! Majority Standard Bible That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. NET Bible That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! New Heart English Bible Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. World English Bible Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiontherefore those using allegories say: “Enter Heshbon, "" Let the city of Sihon be built and ready, Young's Literal Translation therefore those using similes say -- 'Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready, Smith's Literal Translation For this they will say, using parables, Come ye to Heshbon; the city of Sihon shall be built and prepared. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up: Catholic Public Domain Version About this, it is said in the proverb: “Enter into Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be established and built. New American Bible That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon’s city be firmly constructed. New Revised Standard Version Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWherefore they say in the proverbs. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because of this, they were saying in a parable: “Enter Kheshbon, built and established the city of Sihon. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! Let the city of Sihon be built and established! Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Defeat of Sihon…26Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. 27That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. 28For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.… Cross References Judges 11:12-28 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?” / The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.” / Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites ... Deuteronomy 2:24-37 “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.” / So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, ... Isaiah 15:1-9 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ... Jeremiah 48:1-47 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. / There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. / A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ ... Amos 2:1-3 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. Psalm 60:8 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” Psalm 108:9 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” Isaiah 16:6-14 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty. / Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken. / For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. ... Jeremiah 49:1-6 Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities? / Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD. / Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials. ... Ezekiel 25:8-11 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ... 2 Kings 3:4-27 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. / But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. / So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. ... 2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute. 1 Chronicles 18:2 David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute. Matthew 11:21-24 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ... Luke 10:13-15 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! Treasury of Scripture Why they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, Isaiah 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! Jump to Previous Building Built City Enter Established Heshbon Makers Making Parables Poets Prepared Proverbs Ready Rebuilt Restored Sayings Sihon Similes Singers Speak Strong Use Using Wherefore WiseJump to Next Building Built City Enter Established Heshbon Makers Making Parables Poets Prepared Proverbs Ready Rebuilt Restored Sayings Sihon Similes Singers Speak Strong Use Using Wherefore WiseNumbers 21 1. Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah4. The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents 7. They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent 10. Various journeys of the Israelites 21. Sihon is overcome 33. And Og “Therefore the poets say” This phrase introduces a quotation from ancient poets, indicating that the following words were well-known sayings or songs of the time. The use of poetry in ancient cultures was a means of preserving history and conveying moral or spiritual truths. In the Hebrew context, poetry often carried significant weight, as it was a primary method of teaching and remembering God's acts and decrees. The Hebrew word for "poets" here can also be translated as "those who speak in parables" or "proverb makers," suggesting that these were wise sayings passed down through generations. “Come to Heshbon,” “let it be rebuilt;” “let the city of Sihon be restored.” "Come ye to Heshbon! Let the city of Sihon be built up and restored! For a fire went out from Heshbon-- A flame from the city of Sihon: It devoured Ar The lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art perished, O people of Chemosh: He (i.e., Chemosh) gave up his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon, the King of the Amorites. . . . Verse 27. - They that speak in proverbs. הַמָּשְׁלִים. Septuagint, οἰ αἰνιγματισταί. A class of persons well marked among the Hebrews, as perhaps in all ancient countries. It was their gift, and almost their profession, to express in the sententious, antistrophic poetry of the age such thoughts or such facts as took hold of men's minds. At a time when there was little difference between poetry and rhetoric, and when the distinction was hardly drawn between the inventive faculty of man and the Divine afflatus, it is not surprising to find the word mashal applied to the rhapsody of Balsam (Numbers 23:7), to the "taunting song" of Isaiah (Isaiah 14:4), to the "riddle" of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 17:2), as well as to the collection of earthly and heavenly wisdom in the Book of Proverbs. That which follows is a taunting song, most like to the one cited from Isaiah, the archaic character of which is marked by its strongly antithetic form and abrupt transitions, as well as by the peculiarity of some of the words. Come to Heshbon. This may be ironically addressed to the Amorites, lately so victorious, now so overthrown; or, possibly, it may be intended to express the jubilation of the Amorites themselves in the day of their pride. |
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