Numbers 21:29 (DRB)

Passage

Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:27 Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:

Numbers 21:28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.

Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.

Numbers 21:30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba.

Numbers 21:31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "thee", "moab", "thou", "undone", "people", "chamos", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "thee", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "A fire is gone out of Hesebon..." into verse 30's "Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto...", so "light" and "thee" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "thee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.