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For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on them of Moab that escape, and on the remnant of the land.
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A Picture of Total Ruin
Commentators explain that the phrase "waters of Dimon are full of blood" is a graphic image meant to convey an immense and horrific slaughter. This was not a minor defeat but a devastating, large-scale judgment from God upon Moab, so severe that the rivers would be colored by the blood of the slain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the waters of Dimon - This is probably the same as “Dibon” (Isaiah 15:2). Eusebius says it was a large town on the northern …
16th Century
Protestant
For the waters of Dimon shall be filled with blood. Here he describes not only grief and howling, flight or trembling, o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood Of the slain, as the Targum adds. This was a river in the land of Moa…
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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…
