5 And I will make Rabbah g a ſtable 5 for camels 7 and the Ammonites & a couching-place for flocks : and ye ſhall know / that I am the LORD.
g The Royal City, and Seat of the Kings of Ammon ; called ſince
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F Philadeiphia, from Prolomeus Philadelphus, King of Egypt, who built it. | þ Turnit fiom a Royal Palace to be a Receptacle of Camels, and their he Drivers. i Wherewith not only the Chald:ans and Ba#rians, but the
Arabiansalſo were well ſtored ; all the Men of the Eaſt, as appears in 70b, uſing them for conveying Merchandize, and for Travels. & The People for the Land they dwelrin. / Then ſhall you know Þ was as able to have defended my own People, Houſe and Worſhip, as I was ab/e to deſtroy your Gods, your Cities, and your People
6 For thus faith the Lord GOD, Becauſe thou haſt Wniclapped thine - hands m, and ſtamped with thy -f- feet »,
: "1 and rejoiced in -þ heart o with all thy deſpite p againit the
nites q * may not be remembred among the nations.
ſenſe is plain, or as our Tranſlation reads it, with, 7.e. as I have gi-
Meon, and Baiith, and Beth-Baal-Meon, Manſion-Houſe of Baal, word for word ; it was fituate on the North-Coaſt of Moab, as the other on the Weſt. » A City which probably conſiſted of two Ciries, or princi- pal Parts, a very ſtrong Frontier Town; but not able to keep our thoſe that God would lead in.
10 Unto the men » of the eaſt || with 0 the Ammoni- j oc, ;. tes, and will give them in poſleflion p, that the Ammo. gain/ yo children 0
and fo the H br. and the £7997. * Ch. 28.
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n See wer. 4. let, s. o Rather againſt, ven Ammon, ſol will with them give Mcab to the CEa!deans firſt, who will give Moab to the Arabians. p Per. 4. l:t.b. 9 I ſuppoſe here is either an E/:pſis, thus, that as the Ammonites ſhould fo perith as nor ro be remembred, fo ſhould Moab alſo; or elſe 4nmon 15 appellative here, and ſpeaks the Numerouſneſs of Mozb, which yer ſhould ſo ceaſc as to be forgotten. | :
Ir And TI 7 will execute judgments s upon Moab, and they #t ſhall know that I 272 the LORD.
r Tho the Chaldeans do it, *tis by God's Dire&ion, and he is prin- cipal therein, 5s The Judgment paſſed by my Propher. * Thoſe bru- iſh Nations ſhall know this is my Hand.
12 < Thus faith the Lord God, * Becauſe that Edom » Jolla z hath dealt againſt the houſe of x Judah by taking ven- — geancey, andhath greatly offended z, and revenged himſelf Ch. 35. 2. upon them + Amio.i.11,
# The laumeans, Children of Eſau. x The Kingdom of David aftet the Diviſion of the Tribes, when but two remained conſtant to the Houſe of David. » For the old Quarre), becauſe Zacov got the Blefſing from E/ar ; or rather in revenging a later Quarrel which they had againſt 7zaah for the Slaughter, Spoil, and Caprivity they ſuffered by David's conquering Sword. z Both in the thing it ſelf, for Vengeance belongs to God; and in the manner and meaſures of executing it, as appears both from P/al. 137. 7. and the Prophecy of O684iah wer. 10. tO IF.
13 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, I will alſo ſtretch out a mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man 4 and beaſt c from it; and I will make it deſolate 4 from Teman e atid || chey of Dedan f ſhall fall by the; ge, :2; {word- ſhall fall by
a See wer. 7. let. s. and chap. 16. wer. 27. let. u,o. 6 By the Sword tbe ſword of the Chaldeans, and by other waſting Evils, which accompany wntoDedsn. Wars, as Famine, Peſtilence and other D:ſeaſes. «c Either thric Cactel ſhould be d:iven away by the Plundering Souldier,or devoured by rhe mighty numerous Army of Nezuchadnezzar, or waſted with Murrain, or all ſhould concur to unſtock their Paſtures, 4 A Delolation, 7. e.
m land 4 of Iſrael » :
re »m Expreſt thy Joy in that infolent manner. » And added this ſign
I oſmore than ordinary Joy at this. o It was thar which affe&ed thy Heart with Gladneſs ; thy Soul and Mind were in this thy rejoicing.
wy ? Hatred and Contempt ; thou waſt heartily glad ſuch vile People as
he | taou countedſt them, were made what thou choughteſt they beſt
deſerved, Slaves, Beggars and Captives,
jtil q For the People. » Ej- ©00 ther the ten Tribes, or rather the two Tribes with the ſmall Remnant 0 of the others, that kept to the Houſe of David.
c0- 7 Behoid therefore, I will ftreech s out mine hand
«,"Pon thee, and will deliver thee for a || ſpoil * to the heathen z, and I will cut thee off x from the people. and I will cauſe thee to periſh out of the countries : 1
moſt deſolate. e From the Sonth, fo the Chals. Paraph but 'tis rather the Name of the Rgion, called by che Name of Eſzu's Grandſon Te- man, who alſo gave Name to the * "nnindery of Idum'a, and probably 'twas in the Southern Coaſt of Edow's Countrey. f The Dedan:tes, who were of Abraham by Kerurah, Gen. 25. 3. and theſe were Neighbours to Edem, on Arabia ſide, or elſe intermixt with the Edormites in Habitg. tion and Commerce, ſo that ir might be a Ciry reckoned either ro Edom, or Arabia; from Teman to Dedan, the Chald:an Sword thould waſte all.
14 And I willlay my vengeance y upon Edom by the hand of my people Iſrael z, and they a ſhall doin Edom according b to mine anger, and according to my fury c; and they 4d ſhall know my vengeance, faith the Lord
GOD. £5228 anare 5 7 Which as 'tis great, ſo juſt, ſurs, and opportune ; thar Foot :* *
tf, - ,; = will deftroy y thee, and thou ſhalt know & that I am | the LORD. ne £ Thou ſtretchedſt outthy Hand in Joy, I will ſtretch out mine in Vrarh ; thou againſt my People, I againſt thee. r For a Prey, or for
4 ear, fo the word will bear. The greedy covetous Souldier ſhall
_ "ke thy Wealth his Prey, the hungry Enemy ſhall eat th: up
a " Babylonians, and their Confederates. x Explained by that follows,
Cod 42:01, thou ſhalt no more be accounted among the Nations, bur |
Cidet& in due time, Devr. 32.35. » No Hiſtory mentions the fulfil. [Y] ling
ferpetual haired,
= j9-
geances.
" Ifa, 23. Jer.25.22 and 47. 4 Amos1 9 Z<ch.yg 2. "EDIF..3+
TSS. 2. ? y.* MY ( | leſs 1 Mac. 5. 3- and \& of this 4s it ſounds in the Letter of it, unleſs 3 RE TH) therefore interpret by the Hand, by the ſame
6 Jo £5» 20.&47.2.ſtines e have , Amos 1.6. peance with 2 deſpiteful g heart, to Uc
[ . Sal, . Orwitho)a # hatred ;
' 4Heb.ven-
Fernfdem, * Aha e, ſhe is broken f rhat was the gates g of
Joy, which was impious, injurious, and inhuman to rejoice in the
th m cown, as Men pull down Buildings. q Watch-Towers,and thoſe
2 Mac. 10. 16, 17. ſome
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