OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 15:1

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The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.

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Verse 1. Moab. Which would be visited in three years’ time (chapter 16:14) either by Ezechias, or by Sennacherib, though history be silent on this head. The Moabites had been very crue., Amos 1 and 2.—Night. Suddenly. Calmet.—Their misery was so much the greater. Worthington.—Ar. The capital. Calmet.

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