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Send you the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
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A Call for Tribute
Most commentators agree that this verse is a prophetic command for Moab to resume paying its historical tribute of lambs to the king of Judah. This act of submission was advised as a way to seek protection and avert the prophesied destruction. Scholars like Barnes and Ellicott note this tribute was established under King David and is now being called for again as a practical way for Moab to find favor with the 'ruler of the land' in Jerusalem.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Send ye the lamb - Lowth renders this, ‘I will send forth the son from the ruler of the land;’ meaning, as he supposes, that under …
19th Century
Anglican
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land. —In the days of Ahab, Mesha, the then-king of Moab, had paid a tribute of shee…
16th Century
Protestant
Send ye a lamb. Here the Prophet scoffs at the Moabites for not acknowledging God at the proper time, but recklessly waiting for the strok…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Send you the lamb to the ruler of the land Or tribute, as the Targum rightly interprets it. The Moabites, being conq…
God tells sinners what they may do to prevent ruin; so He does to Moab. Let them send the tribute they formerly engaged to pay to Judah. Take it as…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Send forth, O Lord, the lamb. Here he describes the state of their punishment, and he sets out two conditions:
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