w Some think this Prophecy was fulfilled upon the return of the Jews out of Babylon, when the Jews inhabited the Land of Moab, Zeph. 2« 9. but this doth not ſeem to be the bringing again the Cap< tivity of Moab, but of Judah ; beſides in that place it is ſaid that Moab ſhould be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gommorah, even the breeding of Nettles and Salt-pits, and a perpetusl deſolation. Ir is therefore rather to be underſtood of a ſpiritual reduQion of them, by calling ſome of them under the Kingdom of the Meſſiah as the Jewiſh DoQors themſelves interpret it. Some think this a promiſe rather reſpecting the Fews than the Meabites,it is ſaid wer. 2, 9. That the remnant of the Lords People ſhould poſſeſs Moab, and wer. 11. that all the 7/es of the Heathen ſhould worſhip Ged, x Theſe laſt words are doubtleſs to be_interprered rather as a concluſion of this Pro- phecy againſt Moab, than ( as ſome would have it) as a limitation of the rime how long this Judgment on Moab ſhould indure, as if thus far, were as much as thus long.
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CHAP. XIIX.
The Judgment of the Ammonites, 1——5, Their Reſtauration, 6. The Tudgement of Edom, 7 22: Of Damaſcus, 23 27. Of Kedar, and Hazor, 28 33- Of Elam and its Reſtauration 34 39- |
l $7 the * Ammonites 4, thus ſaith the
LORD, Hath Iſrael no ſons ? hath he no heir b? why then doth || their king inherit * Gad c, and his * Ezck»
people dwell in their cities d. 252 a The Ammonites were the Potterity of B:n- Ammi,Tot's inceſtuous and 25:2.
Child, by his younger Daughter, Gen. 19. 38. Their Country was £<PÞ- 2-
near the Jews country,the Jews in their Journey from Egypt ro Ca- © 9
2aan to polleſs it, pailed by their Country, bur were by God for- |! Or, Met
bidden ro meddle with it becauſe he had given it to theChildren of ©”
Lot, Deut. 2: 19. but they proved bad Neighbours to the Jraelites
when in Canazn, They affiſted the King of Moab againſt them, Fud.
3: 13. and made War againſt them Judg. 10: 9. and 1. 4+ Nahaſb
theirKing made an inroad upon them,1Sam.12:12.David fought with
them in his time, 2 Sam. 8: 12. and deſtroyed them, 2 Sam. 11. 1-
Fehoſhaphat alſo, and Jotham fought with them, 2 Chron. 20: r. and
27: 5- During the long traGt of time that there were Wars betwixt
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yond Jordan,fell into the hands of che Syrians, Moabires and Ammonites (whence it is that in the formerChapter we read of many Cities of ot of Ga
a previous underſtanding this. 6 Hence it is that the Propher
to Manaſſeh and Reuben and Gad, Num. 32: 39. Jof. 13: 29, 30. c And as Mens Eſtates ought ro deſcend to their Heirs, 1o this.
Land jhould have continued and deſcended to rhe Poſterity of | 6 P theſe
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Anmonites had violently ſeized upon ſome part of d ( as we have it Amos 1: 13, 14. ) cruelly rips up in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. h, Amos x. 14. calls it a fire which Of this Rabbab, as the Head City
of the Ammonites, we read Deut. 3* 11. Fo). 13:25. and 15: 60. It was there, where in Davids time, Uriah was flain, 2 Sam 11. 1,17. Chap, 13: 26, It is threatned by Jeremiah in this Chapter, and Ezck: 28: 5. and Amos 1. 13g 14. WE read nor, how or when this Propbecy was fulfilled, whether by the Maccabees, 1 Mac. 5. 6. or rather after the coming of Chriſt, when molt of theſe Nations were deſtroyed, f God threatens not only their metropolis which was Rabbah their Morher City, but all th other Cities belonging to the Ammonites which were as it were Daughters to Rabbay. Bur how the laſt clauſe of this Prophecy was ever fulfilled if 1t were not in the rime of the Maccabees I cannot underſtand ; for though they were ſwal- lowed up afterward by the R»man Empire,yet lirael being alſo ſub- dued by them, and ſcattered into all parts, 1t 1s not likely that many of them were ſuffered ro abide in any conſiderable numbers in a Country ſo near their own.
2 Howl, O Hethbon, for Ai is ſpoiled g, cry ye dauzhters of Rabbah 6b, * gird ye with ſackcloth : la- ment, and run to and fro by the hedges 3, for their [| king ſhall' go into captivity, rd * his prieſts and his
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g Heſbbou was formerly a City of the Amorites of whom Sihon was King who reſided here ( but it appears by Yer. 26. thar it was taken from Moab ) it is probable that was at this time a City of Moab ; the Prophet calls ro them to how! for 4; a City of the Ammonites, not the ſam2 mentioned, Jo. 7. 2. for that was on. the other ſide of Jordan. b It is uncertain whether by the daughters of Rabbah be to be underſtood other lefſer Cities, or the younger Women that inhabited Rxbbah, he calls ro them all ro mourn. # And for all the indications or ſigns of mourning, ſuch as girding with fack- cloth, running up aad down like Perſoas diſtraed, by the Hed- ges, where they might be hidden, and not fo cafily ſcen. they ſhall all go rog-ther in captiviry,theirMelcom which may figni- fie their Idol ro whom they gave that Name or their King, or elſe their ſupream Magiſtrate, with their Prieſts and Nobles, all orders of Perſons. , o