Bible Cross References
confounded
Jeremiah 48:1-5
1
This is what the LORD Almighty said about Moab: "Pity the people of Nebo--- their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame;
2
the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it.
3
The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!'
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"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.
5
Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.
Isaiah 15:1-5
1
This is a message about Moab. The cities of Ar and Kir are destroyed in a single night, and silence covers the land of Moab.
2
The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.
3
The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry.
4
The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.
5
My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.
Isaiah 15:8-5
Isaiah 16:7-11
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The people of Moab will weep because of the troubles they suffer. They will all weep when they remember the fine food they used to eat in the city of Kir Heres. They will be driven to despair.
8
The farms near Heshbon and the vineyards of Sibmah are destroyed---those vineyards whose wine used to make the rulers of the nations drunk. At one time the vines spread as far as the city of Jazer, and eastward into the desert, and westward to the other side of the Dead Sea.
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Now I weep for Sibmah's vines as I weep for Jazer. My tears fall for Heshbon and Elealeh, because there is no harvest to make the people glad.
10
No one is happy now in the fertile fields. No one shouts or sings in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes to make wine; the shouts of joy are ended.
11
I groan with sadness for Moab, with grief for Kir Heres.
Arnon
Numbers 21:13
From there they moved again and camped on the north side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness which extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.)
Numbers 21:14
That is why The Book of the LORD's Battles speaks of "...the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the valleys; the Arnon River,
Numbers 21:26-28
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Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorite king Sihon, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had captured all his land as far as the Arnon River.
27
That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored.
28
Once from this city of Heshbon Sihon's army went forth like a fire; It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon.
Deuteronomy 2:36
The LORD our God let us capture all the towns from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and the city in the middle of that valley, all the way to Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
Joshua 13:9
Their territory extended to Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and the city in the middle of that valley and included all of the plateau from Medeba to Dibon.
Judges 11:18
Then they went on through the desert, going around the land of Edom and the land of Moab until they came to the east side of Moab, on the other side of the Arnon River. They camped there, but they did not cross the Arnon because it was the boundary of Moab.
Isaiah 16:2
They wait on the banks of the Arnon River and move aimlessly back and forth, like birds driven from their nest.