In proverbs] This Hebrew word is sometimes rendered 'parable.' It is applied to a by-word or taunt song: see 1 Kings 9:7; Jeremiah 24:9; Isaiah 14:4; Job 27:1 and Numbers 23:7; Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 24:20; Numbers 24:2. The opening words of the song are an ironical challenge to the former inhabitants to return to Heshbon, which has been captured and destroyed. 'Come if you can,' they say, 'and dispossess us and repair the city of your king.' The next two vv. refer to the fact stated in Numbers 21:26. The haughty conqueror of Moab is now himself subdued. This song is quoted in Jeremiah 48:45; Jeremiah 48:46.

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