²⁸ “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.^(A)
It consumed^(B) Ar^(C) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.^(D)

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.

¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(D)
    the skulls^[a](E) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]