Jeremiah 48:45
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45 In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop exhausted,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead[a] of Moab,
the scalp of the people of tumult.[b](A)
Numbers 24:17
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17 I see him but not now;
I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads[a] of Moab
and the heads[b] of all the Shethites.(A)
Numbers 21:28
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28 For fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab
and swallowed up[a] the heights of the Arnon.(A)
Footnotes
- 21.28 Gk: Heb and the lords of
Matthew 21:42
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42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a]
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes’?(A)
Footnotes
- 21.42 Or keystone (in an arch)
Zechariah 10:4
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4 Out of them shall come the cornerstone,
out of them the tent peg,
out of them the battle bow,
out of them every commander.(A)
Amos 2:2
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2 So I will send a fire on Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;(A)
Numbers 21:26
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26 For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and captured all his land as far as the Arnon.
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Numbers 21:21
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King Sihon Defeated
21 Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,(A)
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