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Numbers 21:27
therefore those using similes say--`Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
Numbers 21:27 · Young's Literal Translation
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Numbers 21:27 in other translations
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
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In context
24 And Israel smiteth him by the mouth of the sword, and possesseth his land from Arnon unto Jabbok--unto the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon is strong.
25 And Israel taketh all these cities, and Israel dwelleth in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages;
26 for Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon;
27 therefore those using similes say--`Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
28 For fire hath gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, Owners of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, O Moab, Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, He hath given his sons who escape--Also his daughters--Into captivity, to a king of the Amorite--Sihon!
30 And we shoot them, Perished hath Heshbon unto Dibon, And we make desolate unto Nophah, Which is unto Medeba.'
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