and of which they boaſted, the Prophet tells them they ſhould be aſhamed of this Idol, or for this Idol; q as the 1ſraelites, that 1s, the Ten Tribes were aſhamed of, or for the golden Calves,which Ferobom ſet up at Dan and B2thel, which were the caule of ruine '# to thole Tribes. Confidences in any thing but in God alone ina time of danger will bring both natural and penal ſhame.
14. T How ſay ye, * We are mighty and ſtrong men for the var r ?
7 How can ye juſtifie what you ſay ; or why
what purpoſe do you brag of your valour.
is Moab is ſpoiled s, and gone up ozt of her ci- tics 7, and his + choſen young men are gone down # Heb, theto the Nlanghter z, ſaith the king whoſe name z the chiice of LORD ofhoſts w. |
{ Your Country will be waſted, and ſpoiled. : The Inhabi-
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upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or
near g. 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 mentioned, Yer. 22,23, 24. Some of them we read of in other places of Holy Writ; Others we read not of neither is 1t materia] for us to know their ſituation. They are not at this day to be known by their own Names. They are all here mentioned as Cities at this time belonging to the Moabites, to whom this Vengeance [s threatned, and not tothem only, bur to all other Cities of the Land of Moab where-ever ſituate. 25 The hornof Moab is cut off, and his arm is
broken, ſaith the LORD h.
h That is, the beauty and the flrength of Mozb. So theſe two terms often ſignihe in Holy Writ ;zthe Horn being much the Beau- ty of fome Beaſts, and that part of their Bodies by which they
ſay you ſo, or to,
tants of it ſhall be all driven out of their Cities. The Heb. is and her cities it, or he + goneup: So the ſence may be Mob and her Citiesare all ſpoiled, and he (that is) the Enemy 1s gone up. u And the ſtrong and mighty Men ſhe boaſted of, and gloried in, are gone to the Battle, as Oxen or Sheep to a Slaughter-houſe, w I do not ſpeak thisof my ſelf ; I cannot of my ſeit tell things that
ſhall come to paſs hereafter, but the words I fay are the words of him who is the Lord of all the Armies of Heaven and Earth, | who both knoweth what ſhall be, and is able to effe&t what he faith. | | 16 Thecalamity of Moab zs near to come, and his | _ affliftion haſteth faſt x.
x Feoſephus tells us this deſtrution came upon the Moabites Eve Years after the Siege of Jeruſalem; bur if it were longer we muſt conſider that he who ſpeaketh, is that God to whom a thouland years is but as one day,
17 Allye that are about him bemoan him y, and all ye that know his name, ſay, How 1s the ſtrong ſtaff broken, and the beautiful rod = ?
y The Prophet having ſpoken of Moab's Calamity as already come upon him, or at leaſt very near, calls to his Friends tocome and condole with him, as is uſually done in caſes of ſome Calami- ty befallen to a Friend. x. All ye that know how terrible Moab hath been to others, and how famous for mizhty and ſtrong Men. Say, How is this potent Nation, and this People that hath been ſuch a Rod againſt others, or hath ruled over ſo many 0- thers, broken; for both a St:zff and a Kod are as well Enſigns of Power and Governments,as inſtruments to puniſh Offenders.
18 Thou daughter that doſt inhabit Dibon, come
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both do injury to others, and defend themſelves from the af. {aults of others. God here declares that Moab ſhould both loſe its
| Glory and Beauty, and alſo all the power it formerly had to de-
tend it ſelf, or offend others.
25 * Make ye him drunken: : for he magnified * Chy
himſelf againtt the LORD & : Moab alſo ſhall wallow +.
in his vomit, and he alſo ſhall be in derifion /.
; Either , make ye him to flagger like a Drunken Man, (the cauie being put for the effet) or fill him with the intoxicating Wine Cup of God's Vengeance; with the effes of God's wrath. k Becauſe of his Pride, and exalting himſelf againſt the Lord, as if he had been ſtronger than he, and fo our of the reach of God's Power, { As drunken Men vomit,and ſtagger,and fall,and wallow in their Vomit ſo let the Moabites fall by the Sword, wallow in their Blood, and like drunken Men be mock at, and had in de- rifion by all thoſe who ſee what their Vauats come to,and what Vengeance they have pulled upon themſelves,
27 For * was not Iſrael a deriſion to thee 97 ? was* 24% he found among thieves x? for ſince thou ſpeakeſt of * *-
him, || thou skippedlſt for joy o. m [tis an ill thing to mock at the mi ſuch as we have ſome relation to: The Moabites were deſcended ſelf from Lot, who was nearly related to Abraham the Father of the * Fews, and ought not to have mocked at them, but to have pitied their Neighbours and Kindred. They either mocked at the Ten Tribes when they were carried into captivity by Salmanaſar or at Fudah captivated by the King of Babylon. God threatneth the Ammonites, Exek. 25.6. and the Edomites by Obadiah for the ſame miſdemeanour. n Why didfſt thou deal by T{racl as Men deal by Thieves, when they are brought to ſhame ? Ought not he to have been by thee accounted in a better rank than that of Thieves 2 0 Inſtead of compaſiionating the Fews in their Calamities, thou never ſpeakeſt ofthem but with joy and triumph. Others make 2 a quite other ſence, viz. For zhoſe words againſt him, thou thy ſelf ſhalt wander. But the learned Author of the Engliſh Annotations obſerves well, that the word in the form here uſed will not ſo _ bear it, though the Verb doth in its primary ſence fignifie to wander.
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