⁴⁵^*Helpless refugees try to find protection in Heshbon, the city that King Sihon once ruled, but it is in flames.^h Fire has burnt up the frontiers and the mountain heights of the war-loving people of Moab.

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Footnotes

hHeshbon, the city … flames; or the city of Heshbon, but it is in flames and the palace of King Sihon is burning.

Cross references

*48.1–47: Ez 25:8–11; Am 2:1–3; Zep 2:8–11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“In the shadow of Heshbon

fugitives stop without strength,

for fire came out from Heshbon,

flame from the house of Sihon;

it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,

the crown of the sons of tumult.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“In the shadow of Heshbon

the fugitives stand helpless,

for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,

a blaze from the midst of Sihon;

it burns the foreheads of Moab,

the skulls of the noisy boasters.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow

because fire has come out from Heshbon

and a flame from within Sihon.

It will devour Moab’s forehead

and the skull of the noisemakers.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The people flee as far as Heshbon

but are unable to go on.

For a fire comes from Heshbon,

King Sihon’s ancient home,

to devour the entire land

with all its rebellious people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“In the shadow of Heshbon

fugitives stand without strength,

for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,

and a flame from Sihon.

And it has eaten the forehead of Moab,

and the skulls of the people of tumult.

KJV 1900King James Version

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force:

But a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon,

And a flame from the midst of Sihon,

And shall devour the corner of Moab,

And the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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