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In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
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A Picture of Total Grief
Commentators explain that the mourning in Moab was not private but a public spectacle. People filled the streets, public squares, and even the flat housetops, all wearing sackcloth and wailing. This imagery of universal grief demonstrates the all-encompassing nature of the coming judgment, affecting every part of society.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In their streets - Publicly. Everywhere there will be lamentation and grief. Some will go into the streets, and some on the tops of…
19th Century
Anglican
In their streets ... —The picture of lamentation is continued. The flat roofs of Eastern houses were a natural resort for…
16th Century
Protestant
In his streets. He continues with the same subject, describing more fully the signs of mourning, in which Eastern nations are more profuse…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In their streets they shall girt themselves with sackcloth, &c.] Instead of their fine clothes, with which they had used …
The Divine judgments about to come upon the Moabites.
This prophecy, coming to pass within three years, would confirm the prophet's mission …
13th Century
Catholic
1. The burden of Moab. In this part, the prophet issues a threat against the Moabites, who were descended from Moab, the fir…
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