“What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed! Your sons and your daughters have been taken away as captives.

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John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here the Prophet, as he comes to the end of his prophecy, suddenly exclaims, Woe to thee!—as if to say that words failed him to express th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth ,
&c.] The inhabitants of Moab, who worshipped the idol Ch…