The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; Lowth thinks it was delivered in the first years of Hezekiah's reign, and fulfilled in the fourth, when Shalmaneser, on his way to inv... [ Continue Reading ]
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. HE - Moab personified. IS GONE UP TO BAJITH - rather, 'to the temple' (Maurer): answering to the "sanctuary" (Isaiah 16:12... [ Continue Reading ]
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. ON THE TOPS OF THEIR HOUSES - which were flat: places of resort for prayer, etc., in the East (). AND IN THEIR STREETS, EVERY ONE SHALL HOWL,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. HESHBON - an Amorite city, 20 miles east of Jordan; taken by Moab, after the carrying away of Israel, (cf. Jer 48.) ELEALEH... [ Continue Reading ]
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. MY HEART SHALL CRY OUT FOR MOAB. The prophet himself is moved... [ Continue Reading ]
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. FOR THE WATERS OF NIMRIM SHALL BE DESOLATE ... THERE IS NO GREEN THING - the cause of their flight southwards (; ). For the northern regions, and even the city Nimrim (the very n... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. THEREFORE - Because of the devastation of the land. THE ABUNDANCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN - Hebrew, yitraah (H3502), 'left;' i:e., that which is over and above the necessarie... [ Continue Reading ]
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. EGLAIM () - Eneglaim Not the Agallim of Eusebius 8 miles from Areopolis toward the south The EGLAIM () - Eneglaim. Not the Agallim of Eusebius, 8 miles from Areopolis towa... [ Continue Reading ]
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. THE WATERS OF DIMON. Same as Dibon, . Its waters are the Arnon. SHALL BE FULL OF BLOOD - the slain of Moab shall be so many. FOR I WILL BR... [ Continue Reading ]