They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of exhaustion: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the brow of Moab, the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hesebon, expecting shelter. But internal broils ruined them.
There, to Sehon had taken Hesebon from Moab.
Part. Moses has "Ar, of Moab, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon. "(Calmet)
Tumult. Hebrew shaon, (Haydock) means also pride, in which sense Balaam uses Seth, Numbers xxiv. 17. (Calmet)
There.saith, to the end of the chapter is supplied by Grabe. His copy subjoins, "What Jeremias prophesied against all nations. Thus", chap. xxv. 15. (Haydock)