K implied, re, nor elſe this to 2-4 0 aied {uc; ſh and Ner Ile it ſo lor his fomew ta Aung, w ether "i mentionec
Bones dis cun'd the } Ncrs conjett alls and Roc npt of the K
2 But 1 dur the Pa mult m, \
umpet o, f Vid. chay, lar ground, t
tter rea( tonymy the ughter, þ is Country ; Waiſt all the * deſtroyed, aults make, i M, and laying Very uſual,
Enemy, d » to expla
, IL
ich, was d ect - _ 91th of City and Country about it, and yery rich in CX- _ 1d Balms. $ By deſtroying all that dwelt in it, and --frer might claim or pretend a Title to if, char nerealter mg , RR” . Bur | will kindle a fire in the wall 7 of Rabbah u,
042 in thoſe Agew »r Vid. {79;. 6. 3, and Zech, 10. }
cellznt SNICCS a
| and it ſhall devour the Palaces the: e>fx, with ſhonting in
| che day of battel y, with a rem elit in tne day of the whirl- 4 _— 4. let. h, 7. where the Phraſe 1s explained. As fo the me when ch15 Prophecy was fulfilled, 'rwas partly when the Ajprian Kingdom fouriſh'd, and partly by Nebuchadnezgar, as was foretold by | Frekel, chap. 25» I, 2, 33 Gc. which ice, u The Chief Ciry .of the kingdom of Ainmon, 2 S4M. 1Ts I» and 12. 26. which by an uſual Fi- gure comprizeth all the Ammontes, and all their Strength, Wealth and Glory, all which ſhall be devoured. x Vid* ver. 4. let.l., yA mixt and horrid Noiſe of Trumpets, and Alarms of War, with How- lings of the Diſtreſſed, Groans of the Dying, and Acclamations of the Conquerors. & 7. & With irrefiftable Force, and ſurprizing Switt- neſs, as the Similitude imports.
is And their King 4 ſhall go into Captivity, he b and
is Princes c together, ſaith the LORD 4.
1 Or Milchom, or Moloch, the Tdol of the Ammonites z ſo it fignifieth, a; well as King 3: I ſuppoſe the Prophet may intend both, their God as vell as their King ſhall be carried Captive ,as was cuſtomary with Con- ayerors, 1 5.17 5+ 2. and Jſz, 46. 2 6 This repeats and confirms the
hreat, whether it refer to the Idol or the King. «c Either Nobles nd Miniſters of State, who attend and ſerve the King, or the Prieſts
1 Miniſters of the Idol : Here both may be included, and the utter Nrerthrow of their Afairs in Religion and State be ſignified and fore- old. 4 This, as elſewhere, doth ratify and enſure all ; it ſhall ſo be,
xr God hath ſpoken it.
GH-AF. IL
e's julgment upon Moab, Fudah, and Iſrael for their abominable ſins of | Oppreſſion, Uncleamneſs, Idolarry, and Vnthankfulneſs 3 &Co I-*==12, s with their ſore and unavoidable deſtruttion, 13 IG.
| Hus faith the LORD, For three Tranſgreſſions of * Moab, and for four I will not turn away the niſhment thereof a; becauſe he b burnt the bones c of the
ing of Edom d into lime e. 2 In this Form the Prophet began, chap. 1. ver. 4. which ſee: ere he doth threaten a Nation of ſome kin to J/rael, &c. as was Am- "n, and almoſt as much an Enemy ; they appeared early Enemies to zl, and took moſt wicked Ways to ruin /ſael, firſt hired Balaam curſe them, Numb. 22. 23. when this did not ſucceed, he next atts ile part, and by lewd Harlots draws 1/rael to fin, Numb. 25.1,2, &©c, at ſo he might do againſt finful J1/rael what could not be done a- inſt innocent 1ſrael ; Mob alſo was the ſecond Opprefſor of !ſrael, bo for their Sins were delivered into the hands of Fglon King of 145, who opprefs'd them eighteen years, Fudg. 3. 14. for which, and er hoſtile Carriages, they are here threatned ; yet their inhumane elty to Zdom's King is only expreſs'd, the other Hoftilities to /ſrae! Ke implied. 5 The King of Moab, who particularly this was, -is not re, nor elſewhere mentioned, though ſome ſay *twas Mefha, and re- this to 2 A/ngs 3+ 4+ Yet "tis not very likely that this was the King bo aied ſuch Cruelty, © It had been barbarous to have burnt the hand Nerves of an Enemy. ; but to make the Fire ſo hat, aud con- Ive it ſo long as to burn Bones into Aſhes, is much more barbarous. his ſomewhat aggravates the Cruelty, he was no common Man, ta King, who was ſo uſed ; his Name, the Time when 'twas done, (ther *rwere ſome King alive or dead, and his Bones digg'd up, 1s It mentioned, but every way *twas barbarous, though *twere done Bones digg'd gut of the Grave, as ſome conje&ure. e Or Aſhes ; Icin'd the Bones, reduced them by Fire into fine Duft, and ( as hers conjetture ) uſed "theſe Aſhes inftead of Lime to plaiſter the als and Roofs of his Palace, and this was done in Hatred and Con- mpt of the King of Zdom, 2 But I will ſend a fire f upon Moab g, and it ſhall de- dur the Palaces þ of Kirioth 7, and Moab & ſhall die 1 with mult 24, with ſhouting, n, aud with the ſound of the umpet o. f Vid. chap, 1. ver, 4.let. h, i, g Some think, but I know not on nar ground, that there was a City of this Name,and meant here but better reaſon we conclude it to be the: whole Country, or by a (0nymy the People, who were the Poſterity of Lot by his elder
Wghter. þ Vid. ver. 4-let, 1,m. i A ftrong and principal City of |
is Country ; or,the Cities, ſo the word will bear,and then the Threat gainſt all their Cities. k The Moabires all Sorts and Ranks of them. e deftroyed, and periſh utterly. m7 Such as Souldiers in Fight or ults make, when they carry all by Force, bearing down all Oppoſt- n, and ſhying all Oppoſers, with that Rigour which in ſuch Caſes "ry uſual. # As Conquerors ſhout to the end they may diſhearten
Enemy, and animate their fetlow-Sonldiers. o This adaed
3» to explain, and partly to confirm what the Prophet had fore-
3 And I will cot off p * the Jedge q from the midſt NICOI r, and will lay all the Princes 5 thereo# with him «, th the LORD |
. hy the Sword of the Enemy. q The Governour, 7. e. every one +, the Singular being put tor the Plural, to intimate the De- lon of all of them. r- Either of Kirioth the Metropolis, or of ty City In which were Judges appointed to govern, and miniſter "Se the People ; and thele ſhould be cut off in thete Cities, and
© midft of their Government. .s Either by Birth, or by Othce, / excellent Endowments, the chief among the Moabitiſh People. = _ ſupream Governour before threatned, let. p. x Noting * : X Certainty of the thing, the irrevocable Sentence paſt upon w_ King, Princes and Judges, who being cut off, the People "Weds periſh, and come to nothing.
AMOS.