²⁸ A fire began in Heshbon.
    Flames came from Sihon’s city.
It destroyed Ar in Moab.
    It burned the Arnon highlands.

²⁴ They will be destroyed
    just as fire burns straw or dry grass.
They will be destroyed
    like a plant whose roots rot
and whose flower dies and blows away like dust.
They have refused to obey the teachings of the Lord of heaven’s armies.
    They hated the message from the Holy God of Israel.

¹⁷ God, the Light of Israel, will be like a fire.
    The Holy One will be like a flame.
He will be like a fire
    that suddenly burns the weeds and thorns.