Jeremiah 48:45
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbôwn
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbôwn
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
פִּנָּה
pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שָׁאוֹן
shâʼôwn
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
טַף
ṭaph
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Key Terms in This Verse
לֶהָבָה lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Study H3852 →פִּנָּה pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Study H6438 →Cross References
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the c...
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes...
Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
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