_A.M. 3278. B.C. 726._ The Moabites are exhorted to submit to the kings of Judah, and show kindness to the banished Jews, Isaiah 16:1. They are threatened for their pride and arrogance, Isaiah 16:6. The prophet bewails them, Isaiah 16:9. Their judgment, Isaiah 16:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Send ye the lamb_, &c. The prophet continues his prophecy against Moab, and gives them counsel what to do to prevent, if possible, or at least to mitigate, the threatened judgment. First he advises them to be just to the house of David, and to pay the tribute they had formerly covenanted to pay to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Take counsel_, &c. We have here the second counsel given to the Moabites, which “contains a complex of various offices, equity, justice, humanity, to be exercised toward those of the Israelites whom the Assyrian affliction had driven, or should drive, to their borders and cities, and who should see... [ Continue Reading ]
_And in mercy_ By my mercy. I am now punishing their sins, yet I will deliver them for my own mercy's sake. _The throne shall be established_ The kingdom of Judah. _He_ Their king; _shall sit upon it in truth_ That is, firmly and constantly; for truth is often put for the stability and certainty of... [ Continue Reading ]
_We have heard of the pride of Moab_, &c. The prophet, having spoken to the Moabites, now turns his speech to God's people. The sense is, I do not expect that my counsels will have any good effect upon Moab; they will still carry themselves insolently and outrageously. _His lies shall not be so_ His... [ Continue Reading ]
_The fields of Heshbon languish_ Either for want of rain, or, rather, because no men should be left to till and manure them. _And the vine of Sibmah_ These vines and those of Heshbon were greatly celebrated, and held in high repute with all the great men and princes of that and the neighbouring coun... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore my bowels shall sound as a harp_ Through compassion. In excessive grief, the bowels are sometimes rolled together, so as to make an audible noise. Hereby he signifies the greatness of their approaching calamity, which, being so grievous to him, must needs be intolerable to them. _And when... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the word that the Lord hath spoken_ This prophecy, hitherto related; _since that time_ Since the beginning of God's revelation to me concerning Moab hitherto; or, rather, _a good while ago_, for so the Hebrew, מאז, _meaz_, signifies, Isaiah 44:8, and elsewhere. This judgment, says the proph... [ Continue Reading ]