Numbers 21:30 (GNV)

Passage

Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the citie of Sihon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the lords of Bamoth in Arnon.

Numbers 21:29 Wo be to thee, Moab: O people of Chemosh, thou art vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, and his daughters to be in captiuitie to Sihon the king of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:30 Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.

Numbers 21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:32 And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "empire", "lost", "heshbon", "vnto", "dibon", "haue", and "destroyed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "empire" and "lost", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Wo be to thee Moab O people..." into verse 31's "Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of...", so "empire" and "lost" 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 "empire" and "lost" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.