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Take counsel – Hebrew, ‘Bring counsel;’ or cause it to come (הבאו hâbı̂'ı̂û — or as it is in the keri הביאי…

Make your shadow as the night ... —The whole verse is addressed, as the context shows, not by the prophet to Moa…

Assemble a council. He proceeds with the same subject. For if we wish to understand this passage rightly, we must set before our minds the…

Take counsel, execute judgment
This refers either to what goes before, that they would take the counsel given, and d…

God tells sinners what they may do to prevent ruin; so He does to Moab. Let them send the tribute they formerly engaged to pay to Judah. Take it as…

1. Send forth, O Lord, the lamb. Here he describes the state of their punishment, and he sets out two conditions:
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes