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29 Woe to you, O Moab!
    You are undone, O people of Chemosh!
He has made his sons fugitives,
    and his daughters captives,
    to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 So their posterity perished
    from Heshbon[a] to Dibon,
    and we laid waste until fire spread to Medeba.’[b]

31 Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:30 Gk: Heb we have shot at them; Heshbon has perished
  2. Numbers 21:30 Compare Sam Gk: Meaning of MT uncertain

29 Woe to you, Moab!(A)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!(B)
He has given up his sons as fugitives(C)
    and his daughters as captives(D)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(E)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.(F)

31 So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.(G)

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