ISAIAH CHAPTER 15 The destruction of Moab. THE BURDEN OF MOAB; a prophecy of the destruction of the Moabites, the inveterate and implacable enemies of the Jews, begun by the Assyrian, and finished by the Babylonian emperors. IN THE NIGHT; or, _in a night_; suddenly and unexpectedly; for men sleep se... [ Continue Reading ]
BAJITH signifies _a house_. It is supposed to be the name of a place, so called from some eminent house or temple of their idols which was in it. It is called more fully _Bethbaal-meon_, that is, _The house of Baal's habitation_, JOSHUA 13:17. DIBON; another city of Moab, as is manifest from JEREMIA... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH: this was another practice of mourners. THE TOPS OF THEIR HOUSES, which were made flat, DEUTERONOMY 22:8; to which men used to go up, either to walk, or to cry to God in heaven or to men for help. IN THEIR STREETS; publicly, without shame; whereas in ordinary sor... [ Continue Reading ]
HESHBON AND ELEALEH; two other Moabitish cities; of which see NUMBERS 21:25,26 NUMBERS 32:3,37. JAHAZ another city in the utmost borders of Moab, NUMBERS 21:23, called also _Jahazah_, JOSHUA 21:36. THE ARMED SOLDIERS, who should be, and use to be, the most courageous. HIS LIFE SHALL BE GRIEVOUS UNTO... [ Continue Reading ]
MY HEART SHALL CRY OUT FOR MOAB; their destruction approaching is so dreadful, that although they are a most vile nation, and by their implacable enmity against God and his people do abundantly deserve it, yet the respect which I have to human nature fills me with horror at the very thoughts of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WATERS; either, 1. Properly, they shall be dried up; or, 2. Figuratively, the waterish grounds, _as waters_ seem to be taken, ECCLESIASTES 11:1 ISAIAH 32:20. These being very fruitful, are commonly most inhabited and cultivated; but now they also, and much more the dry and barren grounds, shal... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL THEY, to wit, their enemies, which is plainly implied, CARRY AWAY TO THE BROOK OF THE WILLOWS; unto some brook or river having great numbers of willows growing by it, by which they might convey them to some eminent and strong city built upon the same river. Possibly he means some such river wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Their cry fills all the parts of the country.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIMON: this seems to be the same place with _Dibon_, mentioned ISAIAH 15:2, here called Dimon for the great bloodshed in it, as it here follows; such changes of a letter being not unusual in proper names, as in Merodach for Berodach, ISAIAH 39:1. _More_; either, 1. More than upon other parts of the... [ Continue Reading ]