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deſolartons. 7 Pid. Iſa. 12.5. dHeſhhon, and Elealeb, and Favax, me! Zoar, and Horonaim, were all Cities of Moab, who are here a:l;
threatned with ruine 3 with the Country about Nimrim, whic | Nimrim is mentioned no where in Scripture, but here, and Ija. 15. 6. nor are interpreters well agreed, whether in this place
it be the Name of a River, or a Lake, or a City. The ſence 1s rhe;
whole Courtry of A046 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 purtuing them with a great note. ; ; 35 Moreover, I will cauſe to ceaſe in Moab, faith
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e That is, every ons or ſome of all orders, (tor the Mozbites generally were ldolaters' though the expreſſing it under this no- tion may hint to us alſo one great caule of this Judgment coming upon them, viz. their Icolatry.
36 Therefore * mine heart ſhall ſound for Moab
the men of Kir-heres: becauſe the * riches 7/7 he
g The Prophet means tuch Pipes as they were wont to uſe at Funerals, and other lad occaſions, to play doleful Leflons upon. See T{a. 15. 5. becaule of the great change in the ſtate of this poor People, which had got together a great dea; of Wealth which 15 all periſhed.
37 * For every head hall he bald, andevery beard + clipt : upon all the hands ſha! be cuttings, and up-
?* bh Thele Phraſes are expounded in the beginning of the fo!- 'owing Verſe, There ſhall be Lamentations generally upen all the houſe tops of Moab.Shaving of the Hair, and clippirg of the Beards. ayd cutting tnemielves. were Ri.es and Ceremonies of Mourning uſed by theſe Heathens,
38 There ſhallbe lamentation generally upon all the houſe-tops of Moab, and in the ſtreets thereof : for I have broken: Moab like a veſſel, wherein zs no pleaſure, ſaith che LORD.
i We met with the lame Phraſe applied to Conizh, Chap. 22. 27. The meaning 1s, I have broken Moab all in pieces,/as People uſe to do Veſlels that they care not tor, they never go about to _ fuch a Veſlc], but daſh it in pieces againſt ſome Stones or
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42 And Moab ſhall he deſtroyed from berzz7 a peo- ple p, becauſe he hath magnified h1:/ef avaiuſt the RD 49.
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it hath been, ſo full of ſplendor aud glory. 9 The reatoa give is ithe ſame with chat Yer. 26.
43 * Fear, and the pit, and the ſnare » ſb.
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a variety of dangers trat ſhould beon ali fides of them, fo as it
{any eſcape one danger he ſhould pretertly meet with another :
for this was tae time when the Lord was retolved to naaiſh all
the Inhabitants of the Land of 2046. ;
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Moab, the year of their vilitation , ith the
45 They that fied ſfood under the ſhadow of Heſhbon, becaule of the forces: bur a fire ſhall come forth our of Heſhbon, and a flame from the mid of Sihon, and ſhi} devour the corner of Moab, and the crowa of the head of the -|- cumulcuous ones :.
s Heſhbon was a great City, andas it ſhould ſeem, a place of x35. ſome force ; the War being in the Country, they made H-ſhm * che place of their Sanctuary. t But the Prophet applying to the Chaldeans what Was {aid 1n Moſes his time, Nanb. 21. 23. pr oplze- teth, That H«f5bon alto ſhould be deftroyed and the fire thould
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ſhame & ? ſo ſhall Moab he a derilion, anda diſinay- 10g to all them about him /. | k Thote that formerly lived in Moab when it was in its Glory, ſhall lament to ſee how the cale is altered with it, how all its Glory] 1s broken down, and they that were wont to conquer their Ene- | mies, turn their backs with ſhame upon theic Enemies. ! And
"IF *© Deut.2.8. Moab that was wont to be the praile and admiration of all Peo-|c, and his people dwell 11 their cities 4. IF 45 Chap. ple, was become an aſtoniſhment, and an object of derifion and
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45 X* \Wo be *tO thee, O Moab, the pcople of « v Chemoſh periineth, tor thy ſons arc taken | CAPLIVES ; > 1:
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47 ® Yct:will bringagain the captivity of Moab
in the latter days, faith the LORD w. Thus far ;x
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