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; Ver. 1. _The burden of Moab._] A "burden," saith Jerome, ever betokeneth sad things to follow. A "vision" doth joyful, at last howso... [ 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. Ver. 2. _He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon._] Two chief places of their idolatrous service, whereunto they ran in their... [ 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._ Ver. 3. _In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth._] _Saccum et silicium non curat Deus._ God careth not for these externals w... [ 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._ Ver. 4. _And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh._] See on Isaiah 15:2 . _ The armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out._] As being fa... [ 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. Ver. 5. _My heart shall cry out for Moab._] Let others do as t... [ Continue Reading ]
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. Ver. 6. _For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate._] What these waters of Nimrim were it doth not appear. Jerome saith that Nimrim is a town near the Dead Sea, where the waters ar... [ 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. Ver. 7. _Therefore the abundance they have gotten._] Here the prophet seemeth to tax the covetousness of the Moabites, _qui coacervandis thesauris operam dederint,_ who mad... [ Continue Reading ]
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. Ver. 8. _For the cry is gone round about, &c._] When the prophet thus describeth the mourning of the Moabites as excessive, and as a fruit of their unbelief, we must learn to... [ 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. Ver. 9. _For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood._] _Non tingentur solum, sed etiam inundabunt_ and the bloody enemy shall haply be heard... [ Continue Reading ]