9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
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For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab’s destruction; it is the Lord of hosts , that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel (Jer. 48:1), who will herein plead the cause of his Israel against a people that have always been vexatious to them, and will punish them now for the injuries done to Israel of old, though Israel was forbidden to meddle with them (Deut. 2…
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