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Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the [battle] shout is fallen.
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Compassion in Judgment
Commentators note that the prophet Isaiah weeps for Moab, a foreign nation. This act of mourning for an adversary highlights the severity of the coming judgment and reflects a divine compassion. It shows that even necessary judgment is a cause for sorrow, not celebration, in the heart of God and His servants.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore, I will bewail, — So great is the desolation that I, the prophet, will lament it, though it belongs to another nation than my own.…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer ... —The prophet, in his sympathy with the sufferings of Moab (), decla…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore I will bewail. The Prophet here takes on the character of another person, as we have previously remarked, for in the name of the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah That is, bewail the one, as he had d…
Those who will not be counseled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatsoever. Also, the very proud are common…
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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