All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
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Gill's Exposition
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon,.... A city in Moab; See Gill on Isa 15:2. The Targum is,
"O kingdom of the congregation of Dibon;''
but this was not a kingdom of itself, though a principal…
Barnes' Notes
The lamentation over Moab uttered by those “round about him,” i. e., the neighboring nations, and those “that know his name,” nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a…
The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a…
Cambridge Bible
For the use of "How" introducing a lament, cp. Lam 1:1; Lam 2:1; Lam 4:1.
the strong staff(mg. sceptre) … the beautiful rod For these expressions, as implying national glory and power over others, cp.…
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