OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 16:14

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But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.”

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Verse 14. Not many. It was laid waste in the third year of Ezechias. But its final destruction took place only five years after that of Jerusalem. Calmet.—The wars against Moab continued three years, after which it was reduced to servitude. Worthington.

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