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Isaiah 16:9

ElealehHeshbonJazerSibmah

7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.

So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

11 Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

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BSB
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
KJV
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
WEB
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
ASV
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the [battle] shout is fallen.
DARBY
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
BLB
Upon thus I weep with the weeping of Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah, I will drench you [with] my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh. For over your summer fruit—over your summer fruit the shouting have fallen silent.
ÅB
Derfor gråter jeg med Jaser over Sibmas vintre; jeg vanner deg med mine tårer, Hesbon, og deg El'ale! For over din frukthøst og over din kornhøst faller frydeskrik[^3].
OTB
Derfor vil jeg gråte som Jaser gråter for vinrankene i Sibma. Jeg vil drukne deg i mine tårer, Hesjbon og Eleale; for ropene over dine sommerfrukter og din høst har opphørt.
B1930
Derfor gråter jeg med Jaser over Sibmas vintre; jeg vanner dig med mine tårer, Hesbon, og dig El'ale! For over din frukthøst og over din kornhøst faller frydeskrik. / < fiendenes JES 15, 4. JER 48, 32.>

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  • Jeremiah 40:12

    they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.

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  • Jeremiah 40:10

    As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”

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  • Isaiah 15:4–5

    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

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  • Judges 9:27

    And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

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  • Isaiah 9:3

    You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

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  • Jeremiah 48:32–34

    I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

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