No one will ever brag about Moab again, for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her. ‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’ The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced; the sword will follow you there.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

No more praise of Moab - literally, “The glory of Moab is no more,” that is, Moab has no more cause for boasting.

Heshbon - Thi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

There shall be no more praise of Moab. The self-glorifying boasts of Moab (of which the Moabite Inscription discovered at…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet, as before, does not speak in an ordinary way but declares in lofty terms what God had committed to him, so that he might terrify the M…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[There shall be] no more praise of Moab
It shall be no more commended for a rich, populous, and fruitful country, be…