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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Generally — Rather, entirely.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Upon all the housetops of Moab. — The flat roof of Eastern houses was the natural gathering place of people in a time of …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet, at the beginning of the verse, continues the same subject: that the Moabites would weep and lament throughout all their houses

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[There shall be] lamentation generally Or, "all of it [is] mourning" F14 ; the whole country of Moab is in mou…

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