Cu p of God's Vengeance, with the effe&s of God's Wrath, &k Be- cauſe of his Prid:, and exalri: g himſelf againſt rhe Lord, as if he had been ſtronger than h<, and ſo out of the reach of God's Power { As drunken Men vomir, ard ſtagger, and fall, and wallow in their Vomur, ſo let the Mvabites fall iy the Sword, wallow in their Blood, and like drunken M<-n be mockt at, and had in deri.- ſion by all thoſe who tec what their Vaunts come to, and what Vengeaiice they tave pulled upon themliclves.
27 For * was not Iſrael a derifion to thee a? was he
found among thieves » ? For ſince thou ſpeakeſt of him,
[|chou skippedſt for joy o.
2 It is an ill thirg to m-ck at the miſeries of others, eſpeci ſuch as we have ko Relation to; The Moabites were orpeclally from Lot who was nearly related to Abraham the Father of the Jews and ought not to have mocked at them, bur to have pitied their Neigi.bours and Kindred; They either mocked at the Ten Tribes when they were carried into Captivity by Salmanaſar, or at Judah captivated by the King of Babyiov. God threatneth the Ammonites Ezek. 25.6. and the Edomites by Obadiah tor the fame mitdemeanour. n» Why didſt thou deal by 1ſ-ae! as Men deal by Thieves, when they are broughr to ſhame ? Ought not he t6 have been by thee accounted 1n a better rank than that of Thieves? o Inſtead of compaſſtonating the Jews in their Calamity, thou never ſpeakeſt of them bur with joy and triumph. Others make a quite other ſenſe viz. For thoſe words againſt him, thou thy ſelf ſhalt wander. Bur the learned Author of the Ergliſh Annotations obſerves well, that the Word in the form here uſed will not fo well bear ir, though the Verb doth 1n its primary ſenſe ſignifie to wander.
28 Oye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock p, and be like the dove hit maketh her neſts in the ſides of the holes mouth g.
p Still the Propher ſpeaks of the Moabites, as a People whoſe Ar. mies were routed, and calls to them to leave their Houſes in Cities not promiſing themſelves any ſecurity, either to or from their Heutles, or from the Walls of their Cities, bur to get them to Rocks which are naturally fortified, and fiom whence (if from any place) ſecurity might be promiſed. q And ke commends to them, the natural Sagacity of a Dove, which being a feeble Creature, and not able ro encounter an Hawk or Fagle, makes her ſelf a Neſt in the ſides of ſome Rock where ſhe may be at ſafety.
29 We have heerd che pride of Moab, (hs is excee. ding proud ) his loftineſs and his arrogancy, and his pride,and the haughtineſs of his hcatt 7, r There is a Paſſage, 1/z. 16. 6, &c. concerning M--}, very little differing from this; ſarah lived ſome Years before this Fropher who yer complainerh of them for the tame fins, ſo as they were nor at all reformed. God faith he had heard of their Pride and Arro« gancy; A Vice which commonly attenderh eaſe and proſperiry and is exceeding odious in the fight of God, to as a wicked Man bs often in Scripture ſet out under the notion of a proud Man.
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30 I know his wrath, faich the LORD's, |but ;z ſhall lOr,! _ nor be ſor, || his lies ſhall nor ſo effect 7: s. he ftays.
f 1 know bis Rage, either againſt 1raz!, or other People, 8 But (Heb. his he ſhall never exccure it, . or bring to paſs what he thinks to do. /isr:) do ' u there isno truſting to whar he ſaith, his Boaſtings and his Con+ nt right.
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21 Therefore will T howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, mine heart ſhall mourn for the men of Kir-herez w.
w Though wicked Men rejoyce, and triumph in the ruine of good Men,yet their Charity ſuffereth them not to do the like, but ingageth them to mourn for them in the day of their Affflition. J.r:my declareih his compaſſion toward theſe AMoabizes, tho they derided theJews when they were carried away into captivity:Nay,he mourns upon the proſpect of their Miſery at ſome diſtance, when the ſight of the Jews preſent Calamity would not affect the Moabites with any compaſſion at all. We find the like compaſſion in another Prophet, 1aiah, chap. 16. 11. ver: 7. there it is called Kir-haraſeth, which was a City of M46, as we read, 2 Kings 3: 25+
232 O vine of Sibmah x, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazery; thy plants are gone over the ſea 2, they reach even to the fea of Jazer s, the ſpoiler is faln upon thy ſummer fruits, and upon thy Vintage.
x We read of this Vine of $:bmah alſo, Iſa: 16. 8, 9. both Sibmab, and Jahaza were places in the portion of Rerben, Joſ. 13.18, 19. Sibmah was doubtleſs a place famous in thoſe days for Vines, and Vineyards. y This Jahaza or Jazer was as it ſhould ſeem firſt taken, and carried into captivity, which cauſed a great Lamenta- tion. The Prophet foretells ſuch a weeping for Sibmah, as was for Fazer. » By plants he means the Inhabitants of S:bmah, which he propheſieth thould be carried into captivity over the dead Sea. s As an Aggravation of the Judgment that ſhould come upon them, God by his Prophets tells them that the ſpoiler ſhould come upon them in their /:n:age and Harveſt time.
23 And * joy and gladnefs, is taken from the plen- tiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have cau- ſed wine to fail from the wine-preſſes, none ſhall tread
with ſhouting, their ſhouting (hall be no ſhouting 6,
b The time of Harveſt and Vintage being times when the Hus- bandmen were wont to reap the fruit of all their labours the pre- ceeding Year, were times of great joy ordinarly, but the Prophet fortlels them of a Year when there ſhould be no ſuch rejoycirtg,for they ſhould have no Wine from the Wine-prefles, there thould be no ſhouting as uſed to be in the time of Harveſt and of Vintage.
34 From the cry of Heſhbon even unto Elealeh,
and even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, *Ifa; 15. * from Zoar even unto Horonaim,as an heifer of three
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4,5,6. years old c: for the waters alſo of Nimrim ſhall be T Heb. 5+ deſolate | geſolations.