Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
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Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord God,.... By his servant the prophet, to whom the word of the Lord came; as concerning the Ammonites, so likewise concerning the Moabites, as follows:
because that Moab and Seir…
Barnes' Notes
Prophecies against Moab which lay south of Ammon, and shared Ammon’s implacable hostility to the children of Israel. Seir was close to Moab. Edom is identified with Mount “Seir” in Eze 35:1-15; and…
Adam Clarke
Moab and Seir do say - Seir means the Idumeans. It appears that both these, with the Ammonites, had made a league with Zedekiah, Jer 27:3, which they did not keep; and it is supposed that they even…
Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jerusalem's fall.
I. The Moabites. Seir, which was the…
Prophecy against Moab
The Moabites, like the Ammonites, were recognised by Israel as a kindred people (Gen 19:30). Technically the border of Moab on the N. was the Arnon, but they had pretensions to…
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