c Vid. Iſa. 13: 5- d Heſbbon, and Elzaleh, and Jahaz, and Zoar, and Horozaim ; were all Cities of Moab who are here all threatned with ruine ; with the Country about Nimrim, which Nimrim is mentioned no where in Scripture, but here, and in 2.-15: 6. nor are interpreters well agreed, whether in this place it be the Name of a River, or a Lake, ora City. The ſenſe is, the whole Country of Mab ſhall be deſtroyed, the Cry ſhall reach from one part of the Country to another, either the Cry of the Inhabitants, or of their Enemies purſuing them with a great noiſe. _ :
35 Moreover, I will cauſe to ceaſe in Moab, faith
*Ifat;: 2. the LORD, * him that offerech in the high places, and
and 16:12. him that burneth incenſe to his gods e.
- e That is every one, or ſome of all orders, for the Moabites gee nerally were Idolaters ) though the exprefling it under this notion may hint to us alſo one great cauſe of thisJudgment scoming upon
. them, wiz. their Idolatry. 26 Therefore * mine heart ſhall found for Moab like pipes, and mine heart ſhall ſound like pipes for the *Ifa:15:7. men of Kir-heres : becauſe the * riches that he hath
gotten, are periſhed g.
£ The Prophet means ſuch Pipes as they were wont to uſe at Funerals, and other ſad occaſions, to play doleful Leſſons upon. See Iſa. 15: 5. becauſe of the great change in the ſtate of this poor People, which had got together a great deal of Wealth which
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þ Theſe Phraſes are expounded in the beginning of the follow-
' ing Verſe, There ſhall be Lamentations generally upon all the houſe
zops of Moah, Shaving the Hair, and clipping the Beards, and
cutting themſelves, were Rites and Ceremonies of Mourning uſed by thele Heathens. :
18 There (hal! be lamentation generally upon all the houſe-tops of Moab, and in the ſtreets thereof : for ] have broken Moab likz a veſſel, wherein is no pleaſure, faich the LORD z.
i We met with the ſame Phraſe applied to Coniah, Chap. 22: 27. The meaning is, I have broken Moab all pieces, as people uſe to do Veſſels they care nor for, they never go about ro mind ſuch a Veſl:1, but dah it in pieces againſt ſome Stones or Walls.
39 They ſhall howl, /azivg, How 1s it broken down? how hath Moab turned the back + with thame &? ſo {ſhall Moab be a deriſion, and a diſmaying to all them
about him /,
k Thoſe that formerly lived in Moab, when it was in its Glory, ſhall lament to ſee how the cale is altered with it,that all irs Glory is broken down, and they that were wont to conquer their Ene-
p mies, turn their backs with ſhame upon their Enemies. 1 And Devr.23: 1, that was wont to be the praiſe and admiration of all People 49. Chap. was become an aſtoniſhment, and an object of deriſton and ſcof- fing to them.
: 42 For thus faich the LORD, Bet old, * he mz ſhall Hab.i:s. fly as an cagle,and ſhall ſpread his wings over Moab w,
F Heb.
neck.
* E REMTIEN
| the Jews and Anmmonites, the Land of Gad and Reuben which lay be-
| Moab, which were upon the diviſion of Canaan, in the and Rewben ) This Prophecy cannot be well underſtood withour
faith, Harh 1/rae! no Sons ? God had given that Country of Gilead
Chap. XL)
m Nebuchadnezzar ſhall com? upon Moab ſwiftly, and as an
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41 || Keriorth 1s taken, and the ſtrong holds are ſurpriſed », and the * mighty mens hearts in Moab at 1 Or, che thar day ſhall be as che heart of a woman in her pangs o. ©:
n Whether Kerio:h hers be the proper Name of a City, as it is. Chap.
J:trer feems beſt to agree to this place, The Cirres and the frrong holds are all taken, and « though Moab hath in it many mighty and valiant Men, -yer their hearts will be full of fear, or ready to fail them, Jike a Womans who is in her Travail and hath great and' ſore pains.
42 And Moab. (ball be deſtroyed from. being a peo- ple p, becauſe he hath magnified himſelf *againſt the | LORD 4,
f Thar 1s for a time ; ſee wer. 479. Or being ſuch a People as it hath been, ſo full of ſplendor and glory. 9q The reaſon 7b i the ſame with that wer. 26.
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thee, O inhabicant of Moab, faith the LORD.
r Theſe three words, Fear, Pit, Snare, ſignifie no more than a variety of dangers that ſhould be on all .fides of them, ſo as if any eſcaped one danger, he ſhould preſently meet with another, for this.was the time when the Lord was reſolved to punith all the Inhabitants of the Land of Moab,
' 44 He thar fleeth from the fear, ſhall fall into the pit, and he that getteth up out of the pir, ſhal be caken in the ſnare : for I will bring upon it,eves upon Moab, the year of their viſitation, ſaith the LORD.
45 They that fled ſtood under the ſhaddow of Heſh-" bon, becauſe of the force 5 : but a fire (hall come forth out of Helbbon, and a flame from the midit of Sihon. and ſhal devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of _ the head of the f tumultuous onest. * © + Heb:
s Heſbbon was a great City, and as it ſhou!d ſeem,a place of ſome *bilaren force, the War being in the Country, they made Hejbbon the place of noiſe. of their SanQuary. # But the Propher applying ro the Chald:ans what was ſaid in Moſes his time, Numb. 21. 28. prophelicth, That Heſbbon alſo ſhould be deſcroyed and the fire thould devour ths crown of the Head, that is the glory of the brave rebelling Gallants, called in the Hebrew the Children of No{{(e.
46 * Wo be unto thee, O Moab, the people of Che- * Numb. molh periſhech, for thy ſons are taken + captives ; —_ and thy daughters captives «. r pas. 3
« The Prophet cloſing the threatning part of his Prophecy a- 2 ng gainſt Moab, repeaterh the ſame thing, which he had often faid, © Je that the Moabites ſhould be carred into Captivity by the King of - Babylon, and denouncerh a woe unto rhem upon thar account.
47 ©} Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, faich the LORD w. Thus far is the judgment of Moab x.