wards their own People,and the 1raelizes which were among them ; and partly as a Reaſon and Evidence of that Stability which he had promiled to the Houſe of Davia-
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7cph.zzx0 6 We have heard of the * pride of Moab y, ( heis
very proud ) even of his haughtineſs,and his pride, and his wrath : but his lies ſhal not be ſo z.
y The Prophet, having ſpoken to the Moabitezss and acquamated them with their Duty and Intereſt, now he turneth his Speech to God's People, whom he armeth and comforteth againſt their ap- proaciing Miſery. Tie ſcope and ſenſe of the Prophet in this Verſe Isthis, 1do not expe& that my Counſels will have any good e&Me& upon Moab, they will ſtill carry themſelves infolently and outragiouſly towards you and they promiſe themſelves that they {hal now efte& what they bave long deſired, even fatisfie their Ma- lice in your total and final Deſtruftion ; but they ſhal be diſappoin- red of their Hopes. Ir is well known to me, and you,and all their Neighbours, that they are a havghty and furious People, and there- fore they will ſcorn my Advice, and doubr not to ſtand upon their own Legs: z His vain Imaginations, ard falſe and crafty Counſels {hal not take effe&, Bur the Words are and may be otherwiſe ren- dred. Buthis flrength ( as this Word is” rendred Job -8. 13. Heb. bais, which are the ſtrength of Gares or Doors ) is not ſo, not equal to his Pride or Fury, Or thus exa@ly according” to the Words and Order of the Hebrew Text, not ſo lier, A conciſe Speech, ſuch as are very common in this and other Prophets And theſe Words may_poſſibly be brought inas the Words of the Moab:ires, making this fhort Reply to the Prophets Counſels and Threatnings, dirett- ed to them in rhe foregoing Verſes of this Chapter : Ir is not or ſthal nor be 1o zs thov i3yſt ; thy Words are but Lies, we fear
not thy Threats againſt us: But this I propoſe with ſubmiſſie ON,
. 7 Therefore ſhal Moab * how] for Moab a, every Jeng: one ſhal howl: for the foundations of Kirhareſeth b Or, mz. {hal ye || mourn c, ſurely they are ſtricken 4.
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a For it ſelf; theNoun put for the Pronoun, as is uſual in the Hebrew Texr. Or, ro Moab, One Meoabit? ſhal howl or la- ment to or for another. 6b An ancient and eminent City of Moab, called Kir, chap, 13: r. and Kir-hareſh, v. 11. which ſignifies, The city of th? ſun; probably becauſe there was the Temple of the Sun: Which City was preſerved when their other Cities were ruined, 2 Kings 3: 25. ard therefore the DeſtruQion of it was more lamented. c Or, ye ſha! meditate or talk, as this Word commonly fignifies, Your Thoughts and Diſcourſes will run
much upon the Ruine of ſuch a City. 4 Or, broken, overthrown or deſtroyed,
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s For the fietds of Heſhbon languiſh e, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the beathen f have broken
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even unto Jazer þ, they wandred through the wilderneſs|!Or,p!u6&
z, her branches & are || ſtretched out 7, they are gone #4 *? over theſea m. |
e Either for want cfRain, as chap. 15: 6. or becauſe there are no men Jefc torill and manure them. f The Afjrians or Chaldeans, the great Rulers ofthe Eaſtern Nations. g The choiceſt Vines, Under which one Paticular he ſeems ro underſtand nor only all
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other Fruits and Goods, buteven their Perſons and choiceſt Peo- ple. + Either, 1. the Lords of rhe Heathen are come as far asJa-+ '2er, which 1s the utmoſt Border of Moab ; or 2. the People of Moab are going 1nto Captivity,and part of them are already gone as far as Jazer. Some underſtaad this and the following Claules of the ' Vines, which are here commended.to aggravate the Leſs and Ruine ofthem, and render the Words, which r:aced even unto Jazer,which Vineyards were planted for manymiles together;even as far asJazers z Others of the Meabites fled away for theirLives,& wardred hither and thither in the Wilderneſs of Moab ; of which fee Numb: 21; 11. Deut: 2: 8, k i.e, Her People, cailed pints before. 1 Or,are fpread abroad, as this word fignifies Numb: 11: 32. Judges i'5: g- i Sam 30. 16. are driven from their own Homes, and diiperſed into ſeveral | Countries. m Over the Dead Sea, which was the Border of Moab,
LOIN were forced to flze out of their own Country to fave their | LVES,
9 Therefore T will bewail with the weeping of Jazer, the vine of Sibmah »: T will water thee with
my tears, O Heſhbog, and Elealeh : for | the ſhou ting for thy
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ſummer fruics, and for thy harveſt isfal- &c.
So the ſenſe 1s, I will bewail $:bmah as T did bewail Jazer,which t-ey ſay, was deſtroyed before Sibmah ; Or, the weeping of Jazer T 1gat be a Proverbial Expreſſion ; for itis uſed alſo Jer. 48:32: like that of the mourning of Hadadrimmon, Zech: 12; 11. though the Rea- ſon of it be now unknown, as it is in manyother Proverbs. The Words are by others rendred, and that more agreeable to the Hes brew Texts, 1 will bewail with weeping ( which is an uſual Hebraiſm for I will bitrerly bewail ) Jazer, and ( which Particle is oft unfer- tood ) the wine of Sibmah. Bat our Tranſlation ſeems to be juſtix fied by the parallel place, Jer. 48. 32+ where it is, Owvine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazzy; o Thoſe joyful Shouts and Acclamations which were cuſtomary in the time of Harveſt and Vintage, Iſa: 9: 3. fer 25; 30. ſhal ceaſe, becauſe thy Land ſhal be waſted, and thy People deſtroyed. Or, as it isin the Margin, the ſhout or alarm ts falles upon thy ſummeref/ uit; and thy Harve#, inſtead of the joyful ſhout which was then uſed, to which he here alludes, Which ſeems to be the truer Tranſlation
not only becauſe this Hebrew Word is elſewhere uſed concerning the ſhout of an Enemy falling upon a People,as Jer: 25: 3o. and 51. 14: buteſpecially by conſidering the parallel Place, Jer, 48: 32, where, for the ſhout 1s fallen, it is, the ſpoiler is fallen upen, 8&c. Tf ie be objefted, That the next Verſe ſpeaks of the cealing of their Joye ful Shouts, and that this Hebrew Word is there uſed for vintage-ſhout= ing, Which at firſt made me incline to the former Interpretation: thar ſeems to be fully anſwered from Jer: 48: 33: which ſpeaks likewiſe of the ceaſing of their Joy and joyful Shouts, but withal idds, in the cloſe ofthe Verſe, what may end this Controver = fie, their ſhouting ſhal be no ſhouting ; they ſhal indeed have 2 Shouting, bur not ſuch an bne as they uſed ro have, a joyful
Shouting oftheir own People, but an inſulting Shout of SS Enemies.