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How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Literally, How it is broken down! They wail! How has Moab tutored the back in shame! Indeed, Moab has become an object of laughter and a terror…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! —Better, taking the words in the Hebrew order, How is she broken down…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet still speaks in the person of others, and according to their feelings, not his own. He then says that, howling, they would exc…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

They shall howl, [saying], how is it broken down ?
&c.] Or, "how is it broken" or "thrown into consternation F1…

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