* "HE Prophet having Chapter 46. denounced Gods Judgment BY againſt Egypr, and againſt the Philiftines, Chap. 47+ in this Chapter he cometh to do the like againſt the Mozbires. Moabthe Father of theſe Moabires was the Son of Lot, Gen. 19. 37, The
Vo . "> . . - Y Moabites Country lay inthe way the Iſraelites went to Canaan. LE Numb. 21. 11,13. near the Countrey of the Ammonites. Bulak
ESI was King of it when the Tſrazlites paſſed by it, who ſent for the ONS. Sorcerer Balaam to curſe them,Numb. 22. 4. who Chap. 24. 5,8. bleſſed them. They ſeduced the Iſraelites to Adultery and Tdola- try, Chap. 25. 1. :
: Againſt * Moab, thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts,
"3-** the God of iſrael, Wo unto Nebo a, for it is ſyoil- @. 25. ed : Kiriathaim is confounded, ard taken, || Miſgab *3Fand 27.15 confounded and diſmayed. | 3. Ezek. a Moab was a large Countrey and had many Cities ; we ſha]] Fs 9. have divers of them named in this Chapter ; The firſt that we read Mos 2.1. of Nebo in Holy Writ is, Numb. 32. 3, 38. Reuben built both that $9, and Kiruthaim, as we may read there, Ver 38, 39. It wasalſo the b place Name of a Mountain, Deut. 34+ I» It ſhould ſeem that in Jeremz- | ah's time, the Meozbites had got both the poſſeſſion of Nebo, and Kiriathaim and Miſgab, of which we read no more in Scripture. It ſeems ro be a City built upon fome Hill or High-Place : The Prophet threatneth ruine to all-theſe three Cities.
the plain fhall be deſtroyed, as the LORD hath ſpo- ken /,
1 That 1s, all the parts of the Country of Mob, and all the Cities, as well 2s thoſe chat ſtood upon Hil!s and mountainous places, as thole that ſtyvod ta Valleys ; becauſe or for the Lord hith laid it, (for fo the particle we tranflate as is better tranſlated.)
9 Give wings unto Moab that it may flee, and get awaym: for the cities thereof ſhall be deſolate
with any to dwell therein 7.
m That is, the Moabites had need of wings like a Bud to e- ſcape that ruine which is coming upon them. » Yea, if they had wings they ſhould nor eſcape, for the Lord is relolved that the Cities of Moab ſhall beall brought to deſolation, fo as no In ha- bitants fhall be lefr in them.
* Coa 10 * Curſed be he that doeth the work of the ;**_ __ LORD || deceirtfully o, and curſed be he that keepeth | De mal back his ſword from blood p. gemily. 0 Theſe words ſeem like the words of the Prophet to the Chal- deans, inciting them to go on valiantly againſt the Moabires, cal- ling it the work of the Lord, which he would have done, and to which lie had called them. p. There isa time to withhold on: hands from ſhedding Blood, and that is always when we have not a ſpecial Authority, and call trom God to it ; and there is 4 time when God willCurle thole that do fo withhold their hands, that time is when God doch require the ſhedding of it.
11 4 Moab hath been at eaſe from his youth 7, and he hath ſettled on his lees 7, and hath not been empried from veſſel to veſſel, neither hath he gone * Zeph. x, into captivity * : therefore his taſte + remained in 72+ , him, and his ſcent 1s not changed ?. 4
0 2 There ſhall be no more praiſe of Moab : In Heſh- Or, ** hon they have deviſed evil againſt itb; Come, and
ws let us cut itoff from being a nation c; Alſo thou
FHeb. go|| ſhalt be cut down, O Madmen ; the ſword ſhall iſeer :h:e, | purſue thee 4.
q b Heſhbon was formerly the City of $ihon. Numb. 271. 26. It be- came afterward one of the principal Cities of the Moabites, as appeareth from Iſa. 15. 4+ which maketh the learned Author of our Engliſh Annotations think our Tranſlation not ſo good, for why ſhould they deviſe evil in H:ſhbon againſt Moab, unleſs the Enemies fate there in Counſel when they had taken it, againſt the other parts.of the Country? But poſſibly the ſence is, They ſhallno more in Hefhbon magnitie Moab ; or Moab ſhall no more glory of Heſhbon, for the Enemies had contrived the ruine of it. Madmen was another City in the Country of Moah.Some think the fame with Ptolomy's Madiams. Tothat City alſo the Prophet threatneth ruine, and deſtruction by the Sword.
3 A voiceof crying ſhallbe from Horonaim e, ſpoiling and great deſtruction. ,
e Anotner City of Moab, mentioned only in this place, and in T/z. 15. 5. Som? think it the ſame with Horon, where Sanballar
* q The Moabites ever fince they began to be a Pzople, hol 00d. been a quiet People, not exerciſed with Wars, and Enem:es mait- ing Inroads upon them. r Like to a Cask of Wine, that hath not been Rack'd, but hath continued in the ſame ſtare, » He follows the Metaphor of Wine which is drawn out from Veſiz] to Veſlel when it is drawn off the Lees ; It is expounded by the next words,Neither hath he gore into Captivity. t And this is the reaſon why they retain their old fins,Pr.de,Preſump:!on, Luxury,and old wickedneſfſes ; as Wine while it remaiceth in the Lees reraineth more 1ts nature, ſtrengrh, and colour, than when ic is once racke.
12 Therefore behold, the days come, faith the LORD, that I will ſend unto him wanderers, that ſhall cauſe him to wander z, and ſhall empty his vet- ſels, and break his bottles o.
n By the wandzrers here mentioned, the Ch2{121rs are molt certainly underſtood ; who wandred trom their own Country 9 conquer other People. The word is varioufly tranſlated Yagrants, Travellers, Removers, &c. who ſhali conquer che Mobites, ar;1 carry them into captivity, 0 He had before compared the Wat biles to Wine ſetcled upon the Lees, here he faith, thr Gay would fend thoſe that ſhouJd not galy difturb avs rowl thei, but
was born, N-h.2. 10. and 13. 28, The Prophet threatens alſo rune and deſtruction to this City,
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13 And Moab ſhall be aſhamed of Chemoſh , as * r Kings £c houſe of Ifrael was aſhamed of * Bethel their con- 12. 29. fidence 4.
? It i5a natura!,and a Penal ſhame which is here ſpoken of. We are naturally aſhamed when we repoſeda greater confidence in, and mace great boaſts ot a thing, which when it comes to be tr1ed, proveth of no uſe, but miſchievous to us. Chemofh was ti.eir great Idol, in which the Afoabires had great confidence,