_A.M. 3278. B.C. 726._ This and the next chapter contain a prophecy of some great desolation coming upon the country of the Moabites, which bordered upon Judea, and had often been injurious and vexatious to it. We have here great lamentation made by the Moabites, and by the prophet himself for them... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 monarchs. This prophecy, which occupies this and the next chapter, very improperly separated from each other, makes the third d... [ Continue Reading ]
_He is gone up to Bajith_ Which 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; _and to Dibon_ Another city of Moab; _to weep_ To offer their supplications with tears to their idols for help. _Moab shall howl ov... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh_ Two other Moabitish cities; of which see Numbers 21:25; Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:37. _Their voice shall be heard unto Jahaz_ Another city in the utmost borders of Moab. _The armed soldiers shall cry out_ Even the warriors themselves, who should defend the state,... [ Continue Reading ]
_My heart shall cry out for Moab_ “Hitherto the prophet had set forth the lamentations of the Moabites, but, seeing these future evils, as it were, present to his own mind, he compassionates their griefs, and declares his own participation of their sorrows.” _His fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the waters_, &c. The prophet, in these verses, sets forth the causes of lamentation among the inhabitants of the southern part of Moab. The first is the desolation of their fruitful fields, Isaiah 15:6. _The waters of Nimrim_, or, the waterish, or well-watered grounds, _shall be desolate_ Such... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the waters of Dimon_ This seems to be the same place with Dibon, mentioned Isaiah 15:2; _shall be full of blood_ This is a third evil, and cause of lamentation; the great slaughter which the enemy should make of the people. _For I will bring more upon Dimon_ Hebrew, _I will place_, or _lay upon... [ Continue Reading ]