13 And Moab ſhall be aſhamed of Chemoſh p, as
the hoafe of Iſrael was aſhamed of * Bethel their con- hdence q.
p leis a natural, and a penal ſhame which is here ſpoken of, we are naturally athamed when we have repoſed a great coafidence 1n, and. made great boaſts of a thing, which when it comes to be tried,
roveth ot no uſe, bur Mmiichievous to us.
dol, or. for this Idol. q As tve Ijrael tes, that is the Ten Tribes were aſhamed of, or for the Golden Calves, which Jeroboam ſer up at Dan and Bethel, which wee the cauſe of ruine to thoie Tribes. Confidence in any thing but in Gcd alonein a time of danger,wall bring both narural and penal thame. ;
14 4 How ſay ye, * We are mighty and ſtrong men
for the war r. » How can you juſtifie what you ſay, or why ſay you ſo, orto what purpoſe do you brag of your valour. - i5 Moab is ſpoiled 5s, and gone up oat of her cl- ties ?, and Þ his chofen young men are gone down to the ſlaughter «, ſaith the King whoſe name 3s the
LORD of Heſts w.
5s Your Country will be waſted and ſpoiled. # The Inhabitants of it ſhal! all be driven out of their Cities. The Heb. 1s and her ci- ries, it or he is gone up. So the ſence may be Moab and her Cities are al) ſpoiled, and he (that is) the Enemy is gone up. « And the ſtrong and mighty M-n ibe boaited of, and gloried 1n, are gone to the Battel, as Oxen or Shcep to a Slaughter-houſe. w I do not ſpeak this of my 1elf, I cannor of my icif tell rhings that ſhall come to paſs hereafrer, bur the words I ſay are the words of him who is the Lord of all the Armies of Heaven and Earth, wio both knoweth what ſhall be, and is able to eff-& what he ſaith. ;
16 Thecalamity of Moab is near to come, and his
affliction haſtech faſt x.
x Foſephus tells us this deſtruftion came upon the Moabites five Years after the Siege of Jeruſalem ; bur if it were longer we muſt conſider that he who ſpeaheth is that Gud ro whom a thouſand Years is but as one day.
17 Allye thatare about him bemoan him y, and all
e that know his name, ſay, How is the ſtrong ſtaff
roken, and the beatiful rod z ? 3 The Prophet having ſpoken of Meab's Calamity, as already come upon h m, or at lcaſt very near, calls to bis F: iends to come and condole with him, as is uſually done in caſe of fome Calamity befallen to a Friend. # All ye that know how terrible Moab hath been to others, and how Tamous for mighty and ſtrong Men. Say, How is this potent Nation, aid this People that been 1uch a Rod againſt others, or he h ruled over ſo many oth-rs, broken ; For both a Staffand a Rod are as well Enſigns of Power aad Govern- ment, as inſtruments ro puniſh Offenders. — __
138 Thou daughter thac doeit inhabit Dibon, come down trom thy giory «, and fit in thirſt 6: For the ſpoiler of Moab halt come upon thee c, and he ſhall
eſtroy thy ſtrong, holds.
a Of this D.bin we read, Numb. 21.30. It was a Land for Cat- tle, Numb. 32-3. both Dibon and Aroer. and Atarob were built by the Children of Gad, to whole Lot it fell, verſe 34. as alſo to the Reubenites in part, Joſb, 13. 17. Ir ſhould ſeem that rhe Moab:zes were now come into the poſſeſſion of it, eirher by Conqueſt, or upon the 4ſſrians taking the Ten Tribes. 6 It was a place well wa- tered, otherwiſe it had not been fit for Catre]: God threatneth that ſhe ſhould be i» thir#, that is, driven in-o ſome dry barren Countries. «c For the King of B:byloz whom God had appointed to ſpoil all Moab, and fhall deltroy thee alſo, and thy ſtrong holds
all nor ſecure thee.
19 O f inhabitant of Aroer 4, ſtand by the way and eſpy, ask him that fleerh, and her char eſcapeth, and ſay, Whar is done e ?
d Aroer was a City in the Lot of Gad and Reuben, Numb. 32. 34, In Devid's rime it was in the hand of the Jews, 1 Samuel 30. 28.
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reckoned to the Monbiter, e The Inhabitants of ir, are called to tand by the way, and ſeeing the Moabites flying, to ask whag News ? Others think that rozy was at this time a City of the 41 monites ; and here called unto to ſee their Neighbours the Moatbrtes
flying before their Encmies,
, 20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down : howl and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab jc
ſpoiled f. | f Arnon was the Name of a River,
Joſ. 12, 1. Ir was the border of Moab whither Blok went to meet
Balaam, Numb. 22. 36. probably the. adjacent * = . NY Oe 2., 30. jacefr 'Coun migit take its Name from the River. IT way
21 And judgement is come upon the plain coun-
try; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Me- phaath. | 22 And upon Dibon, Bzth-dibiathaim. 22 And upon Kiriathaim, and and upon Beth-meon.
24 And upon Kirioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near g. £ God threatneth Vengeance to come upon all Moab, which had great Plains, Numb 31. 12. and 33. 48. For the Names of theſe Cities, and thoſe m-ntigned, Verſes 22, 23, 24. Some of them we read of in other places of Holy Writ Others we read nor of nei. ther is ir material for us ro know their Situation, they are not at this day to be known by their o)d Names, they are a'] here men- tioned as Cities at this time belonging to the Moabires, ro whom this Vengeance is threatned, and not to them only but to all o- ther Cities of the Land of Moab where-ever ſituate. | 25 The horn ot Moab is cut off, and his arm is bro- ken, faith the LORD 5. h That is the Beauty and the Strength of Moab. So theſe often ſignifie in Ho'y Writ, The pe frocon much the Beaury of
upon Beth: gamul,
Chemoſh was their great | {om= Beaſts, and that part of th-ir Bodies by « hich they both do.
dol, in which the Moabites had great confidence, and of which they ' others. God here de , | , : ET ; clares that Moab ſhould both loſt boated, the Prophet tclis them they ſhould be aſhamed of this I- | Beauty, and alſo all the Power it formerly had ro def.nd it ſelf,
injuiy to others, and defend themſelves from the aifaults of
Its Glory and
; or offend others.
26 * Make ye him drunken i: For hemagnified him- ſelfagainſt the LORD &: Moab alſo ſhall wallow in his
, Vomit, and he aiſo thall be in derifion /.
z Either make ye him to ſtagger like a drunken Man (rhe cauſe
| being pur for the effe&) or fl] him with the intoxicating Wine