Lux Domini
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

Key themes

Justice and mercyPilgrimageRebellionJudgment

Glossary

Heshbon Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Hesban.

Dibon Place

Pining; wasting. (1. ) A city in Moab ( Num. 21:30 ); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon ( Isa. 15:9 ). Modern identification: Tall Dhiban.

Medeba Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Madaba.

Nophah Place

Blast, a city of Moab which was occupied by the Amorites ( Num. 21:30 ). Modern identification: Kerak.