| 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of C HRIST Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish about 607.

Or,
nourisher.

+ Heb. Amon.

е Ез. 30.14,15, 16.

Nah. 3. 8

fch. 43. 12,13.

Ez 30 13.

gch. 44.30.

Ez. 32 11.

h Ex.29.11.13,

11.

i Is. 41. 13. 14.

& 43.5.&44.2.

ch. 30. 10, 11.

AGAINST

The judgment of Moab

a Moab thus saith the

raoh, and Egypt, fwith their gods,
and their kings; even Pharaoh, and
all them that trust in him:
26 And I will deliver them into the
hand of those that seek their lives,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrez-
zar king of Babylon, and into the
hand of his servants: and hafterward
it shall be inhabited, as in the days
of old, saith the LORD.

27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven k ch. 10. 21. & thee: but I will not make ka full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I || not leave thee wholly unpunished.

30.11.

Or, not utterly cut thee off.

about 600.

ach, 25. 20.

Ez. 25.15.16.
Zeph. 2. 4, 5.

b Amos 1. 6,
7,8.

+ IHeb. Azzah,

с 13. 8. 7.

CHAPTER XLVII.

The destruction of the Philistines. THE word of the LORD that came optime

the Philistines, b before that Pharaoh smote † Gaza.

2 Thus saith the LORD Behold, waters rise up dout of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and fall that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein then the men +Heb theful shall cry, and all the inhabitants of

ch. 46. 7,8.

d ch. 1. 14. &

46. 20.

ness thereof.

ech, 8. 16,

Nah. 3. 2.

fch. 25. 22.

9.7.

the land shall howl.

3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

g Ez. 25. 16, 4 Because of the day that cometh to Amos 1.8, & spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from f Tyrus and Zidon every every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, & the rem nant off the country of h Caphtor.

11 for their security, 14 for their carnal confidence, 20 and for their contempt of God and his people. 47 The restoration

spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: || Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

2d There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall † pursue thee.

3 f A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

58 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

6h Flee, save your lives, and be like the i heath in the wilderness.

7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken and k Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

10 °Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD || deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Before CHRIST about 600.

als. 15, & 16. ch. 25. 21. & 27.3. Ez. 25. 9. Amos 2.1, 2.

bNum. 32.38. & 33. 47. Is. 15. 2.

Num. 32.37. Or. The high place.

d Is. 16. 14.

e Is. 15. 4.
Or. be
brought to
silence,
Is. 15. 1.
+ Heb. go
after thee.

fver. 5.

g Is. 15. 5.
† Heb. weep-
ing with
werping.
h ch. 51.6.
Or, a
naked tree.
ich. 17. 6.
Num.21.29.

Judg. 11.24.
See Is. 46, 1.

2.

ch. 43. 12.

1 ch. 49, 3. m ch. 6. 26. ver. 18.

n Ps. 55. 6.

ver, 23.

o See Judg. 5.

23.

1 Sam. 13. 3 9.

1 Kin. 20.42 For. negligently.

P Zeph. 1. 12

111 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he Phath settled on his fees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste fremained in him, and his + Heb. stood. scent is not changed.

12 Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that I will send un-
to him wanderers, that shall cause
him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel
was ashamed of Beth-el their con-

fidence.

14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and this chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is The LORD of hosts.

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, say How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

2

18 a Thou daughter that dost inhabit

qJudg. 11.21

1 Kin. 11.7.

Hos, 10.6.

1 Kin. 12. 29.

t Is. 16. 6.

u ver. 8, 9, 18.

Heh, the choice of. xch. 50.27.

y ch. 46. 18. & 51.57.

Gee Is. 9. 4.

& 14. 4. 5.

Is. 47. 1.

for contempt of God.

Before

CHRIST about 600.

b Num.21.30.

1.152.

ever. 8. + Heb.

inhabitress,

d Deut. 2. 30.

16.

fls, 16.7.

g See Num.

20 Moab is confounded; for it is

e1 Sam. 4. 13. broken down: thowl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

21. 13.

h ver. 8.

i ver. 41.

Amos 2. 2.

k Ps. 75. 10.

1 See Ez. 30. 21.

about 600.

23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

24 And upon i Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

25k The horn of Moab is cut off, and his larm is broken, saith the LORD.

261 Make ye him drunken; for mch.25.15.27. he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

n Zeph. 2. 8.

See ch. 2.26.

Or, movedst thyself.

pPs. 55, 6, 7. ver. 9.

1 Cant. 2. 11.

rIs. 16. 6, &c.

Is. 16. 6.

ch. 50. 36.

Or, thors

on whom he

staycth (Heb.

his lars) do

not right.

t Is. 15. 5. &

16. 7. 11.

u Is. 16. 8, 9.

Is. 16. 10.

Joel 1. 12.

y Ia. 15. 4, 5.6.

27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou || skippedst for joy.

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD: but it shall not be so; * || his lies shall not so effect it.

31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.

32O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

33 And *joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

34. From the cry of Heshbon eren unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, "from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as a heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

The restoration of Moab.

sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

37 For devery head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

Before CH RIST about 600.

ela. 15. 7.

d Is. 15. 2. 3. ch. 47. 5.

Hek diminished.

e Gen. 27. 34.

38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like fa vessel fch. 22. 28. wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.

39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so Heb. neck. shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and Deut. 29.49. shall h spread his wings over Moab.

41i|| Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 And Moab shall be destroyed Ifrom being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.

43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, eren upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and Pshall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

469 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

The judgment of Edom,

Before

Israel be heir unto them that were

CHRIST his heirs, saith the LORD. about 600.

d Is. 32. 11.

ch. 4. 8. & 6.

26.

Or. Melcom.

1 Kings 115,

33.

ech. 48.7.

Amos 1. 15.

Or,

Olieloweth

away.

fch. 3. 14. & 7.24.

g ch. 21. 13.

h Se ver. 39. & ch. 48. 47.

i Ez. 25. 12.

Amos 1. 11. k Obad. 8.

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, dgird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for || their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, || thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, & saying, Who shall come unto me?

5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord Gon of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

6 And h afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? lis counsel perish1 See Is. 19.11. ed from the prudent? is their wis

m ver. 30.

Or, they are turned back.

nch. 25. 23.

• Obad, 5.

+ Heb. their sufficiency.

p Mal. 1. 3.

7 18. 17. 14.

1 ch. 25. 29.

Obal. 16.

Gen. 22. 16. Is. 45. 23, Amos 6. 8.

tls. 31. 6. & 63.1.

u Obad, 1, 2 3.

dom vanished?

8m Flee ye, || turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy + till they have enough.

10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and 9 he is not.

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

14 I have heard a "rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, * I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

a

of Damascus, and of Kedar.

17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from d'the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will || appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

21 h The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the + Red sea. 22 Behold, ihe shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her

pangs.

Before

CHRIST about 600.

ach. 18. 16. 50. 13.

b Gen. 19. 25. Deut. 29. 23. ch. 50, 40. Amos 4. 11. cch. 50.44.

c.

dch. 12. 5.

e Ex. 15. 11. [Or, convent me in judgment. Job 41. 10.

gch. 50. 45.

hch. 50. 46.

+ Heb. Wendy

i eh. 4. 13. & 48. 40, 41. about 600.

37. 13. Amos 1. 3. Zech. 9. 1.2 † Heb.melted.

1Is. 57, 20,

23k Concerning Damascus. Ha- k Is. 17. 1. & math is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow || on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: manguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul Ez. 34. 13. 14. shall be satisfied upon mount Ephra

о 13. 65. 10. ch. 33. 12.

peh. 31. 31.

q Is. 1. 9. Or, of the resele.

г En. 23. 23.

Or.

Visitation.

■ See 2 Sam.

16. 11.

2 Kin, 18, 25.

2 Chr. 36. 23.

Is. 10. 6. & 44.

28. & 49. 14.

ch. 34. 22.

tch. 51. 54.

u Is. 14. 6.

ch. 51. 20.

im and Gilead.

20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, Pthe iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

21 Go up against the land || of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of || Pekod waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

24 I have laid a snare for thee, and xch.51.8, 31, thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

39, 57. Dan. 5.30,31.

y Is. 13. 5.

+ Heb. from the end.

Or, tread her.

z Pa. 22. 12.

Is. 34. 7.

ch. 46. 21.

ach. 48. 44. ver. 31.

25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: || cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly let nothing of her be

left.

27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto un them! for their day is come, the time

of their visitation.

28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, bch. 51.10,11. b to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

c ver. 14.

d ver. 15. cb. 51. 56. Rev. 18.6.

e Is. 47. 10.

feh, 49, 26, & 51.4.

29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: drecompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do un to her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

30f Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou + Heb. pride. most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will will visit thee.

g ver. 27.

32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

34 Their Redeemer is strong; k The LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 3511 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and lupon her 1 Dan. 5, 30, princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the || † liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be lor. dismayed.

37 A sword is upon their horses, and
upon their chariots, and upon all
the mingled people that are in the
midst of her; and P they shall become
as women: asword is upon her treas-
ures; and they shall be robbed.
38 9 A drought is upon her waters;
and they shall be dried up: for it is
the land of graven images, and they
are mad upon their idols.

m Ia. 47. 13. n Ia. 44. 25. ch. 48, 30,

chief stays.

↑ Heb. Lars,

o ch. 25.20,24. Es. 30. 5.

peh. 51. 30. Nah. 3. 13.

qIs. 44. 27. ch. 51. 32. 36. Rev. 16. 12.

r ver. 2.

eh. 51. 44,47. 52.

13.21.22.

& 34. 14. ch. 51. 37. Rev. 18. 2.

39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isl-Is. ands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither 1. 13. 20. shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; So shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

41 x Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

ch. 25. 12.

u Gen. 19. 25. Is. 13. 19.

ch. 49. 18. & 51.25.

x ver. 9.

ch. 6, 22, & 25. 14. & 51. 27.

Rev. 17. 16. ych. 6. 23. Is. 13. 18.

Is. 5. 30,

43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: banguish took hold of beh. 49. 24. him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

44 Behold, he shall come up like a sch.49.19, &c. lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will point me the time? and dwho is that shepherd that will stand before me?