# A Prophecy of the DeſtruQtion of the Moabiter, the inveterate and implacable Enemies of the Jews, begun by the 4ſhrian,and fi- niſhed by the 8abylorian Emperours, 6 Or, in 8 night, ſuddenly and unexpeRedly ; for Men ſleep ſecurely in the Night,and there- fore the Evils which then overtake them,are moſt terrible tothem. © The Chief City of Moab, Numb: 21. 28. Devt. 2- 9, d Or rather & cut off, as the word off ſignifies, as Jer. 47- 5. Hoſ. 10: 9, 15.and elſewhere, e Another eminent City of Mob, called more largely and fully Kr-heres, and Kir-hareſbeth, Iſa. 16: 7, 11» Jer. 48.31, 3G!
2 He is gone up to Bajith f, and to Dibon g, the high places, to weep hz Moab ſhal howl over Nebo, on all their heads fra be baldneſs,
andevery beard cut off &.
Place ſo called from ſome eminient Houſe or Temple of their Idols which was in it. It is called more fully Beth-basl=meon, that 15, The Houſe of Baal's habitation, Joſ. 13. 17+ g Another City of Moab, as is manifeſt from Jer. 48: 18, 22- where alſo was their other eMi- nent High-places. To theſe two places they uſed to reſort in caſe of great Difficulties and Troubles, h To offer their Svpplications with Tears to their Idols for help« # Two conſiderable Cities, ans» Cienctly belonging to the Moabires, from whom they were taken by the Amorites, and from them by the 7/raelires, and poſſeſſed by the Reubenites; Numb. 21; 30. and 32: 2, 38. but were, as it ſeems, recovered by the Moabiter, in whoſe hands they now were, as is e- vident, for Nebo, Jer. 48: \1, 22. and for Medebs, from this Texts & The Hair of their Heads and Beards(which was their Ornament ) was ſhaved, as was uſual in great Mournings, as hath been oft obſerved upon divers preceding Texts. See on Levis: 19. 27, 28.
and 21, 5.
3 In their ſtreets they ſhal gird themſelves with ſackcloth! : on the tops of their houſes w, and in
which Ihave to Humane Nature fills me with Horrour at the very thoughts ofit. Compare Iſa. 86. 11. t Or, Þis bars, as others ren- derit, and as this Word is frequently taken, as Exod; 26, 26, 27, Pal: 107.46, Oc: whereby we may underſtand their valiant Men or their Princes and Rulers, who as they are called rhe ſhields of the earth, Pſal: 47: 9. becauſe, like Shields, rhey do, or ſhould de« fend their People ; ſo for the ſame reaſon they may be called Bars, becauſe Bars are the ſtrength of the Gates of Cities or Caſtles, and therefore are mentioned as ſuch, Pſal. 147: 13. Prov, 18. 19. Jer, 5. 30. w Or, ſhal cry unto Zoor; either ſhal cry as they go along the way, eventill they come to Zoar 3 or ſhal cry, ſoas they may be heard to Zoay : which may exfily be underſtood out of the foregoing Verſe. Zoar was a Town bordering upon Meab;of which ſee Gen: 19. 20, 21, 22. and Deut, 34, 3+ x Which ſome under. Rand of the City of Zeer,ſo called for her Strength and Wantonneſs. But ſuch aDeſcription of Zear ſeems very improper and impertinenc in this place. The words therefore arc to be tranſlated here, as they are by our Tranſlators, Jer. 48. 24. as #n heifer of three years old '; and ſs thy belong to their Cry, and ſignifie that it is ſtrong and loud, likethat of ſuch an Heifer. y He ſignifies, that the Cry ſhould be univerſal, in all places where they come, and reaching
Ff Which ſignifies an houſe. It is ſuppoſed to be the Name of a }
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6 For the watersa of Nimrim ſhal be + deſolate ; {o;
no green thing 6.
_ # Either, 1: properly, they fhal be dried ; tively, the WateSiſh Mia =. Pg Ut: 1. Ia. 32. 20. inhabited and cultivated dry and barren Grounds, ſhal be deſolate, and without 6 By the juſt and ſpecial Judgment of God;
: Th conſpire together to deſtroy them. we ame
7 Therefore theabundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, ſhil the 7 [| brook of the willows d. " on —_
c To wit, their Enemies ; which js plai Impli , es; plainly implied. 4 Unto mv ena River having great numbers of Willows growing os; yy which they might convey them to ſome eminent and ong City built upon the ſame River. Poſſibly he means ſome ſuch _ which ran into Euphrazes, and ſo gave them opportunity of __s their Spoils by Water into Babylon. Though the Words = Ang rendred, 7nto the valley of the Arabians ; whither the Spoils ws gh - frſt carried, in order to their Tranſportation into Aſſria omg <ag s i of Rl lay — Moab Nan thoſe Coun«
rmer Tranſlation ſeems better |
Words are ſo rendred, Levit. 23: 40, op mana pomabat
8 For the cryis gone round about the borders of Mo ab : the howling chereof unto Eglaim, and the howl- ing thereof unto Beer.elim. | e Their Cry fills all the parts of the Country.
Fa 9 For the waters of Dimon fſhal be full of blood:
orT will bring + moreg upon Dimon, lions upon him
ee elcapethof Moab h, and upon the remnant of the nd.
, F This ſeems to be the ſame place with Dibon mentioned v. 2» gore Called Dimon for the great bloodſhed init, as it here follows 3 _ Lo of a Letter being not unuſual in proper Names, as in oy ach for Beroaach, 1ſa. 39.1. g Either, 1. more than upon of ther parts of the Country, that being one of their High: places, wv. . or rather, 2. more than hath been aJready mentioned. þ Gad alſend Lionstofind out thoſe thateſcapethe F ury of Men,
CHAP. XVL
The Moabites exkorted to entertain kindly the baniſhed Jews : 1=——=;} They are threatned for their pride and arrogance, 6——8. ths Prophet bes watleth them, g9—11. their judgment, 12 —— 14s
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