The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord [will be] terrible unto them To the Moabites and Ammonites in the execution of his judgments upon them, and make their proud hearts tremble; for with him is terrible majesty; he is terrible…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord will be terrible unto - (upon) them that is, upon Moab and Ammon, and yet not in themselves only, but as instances of His just judgment. Whence it follows, “For He will famish all the gods of…
Adam Clarke
He will famish all the gods of the earth - They shall have no more sacrifices; their worship shall be entirely destroyed. Idolaters supposed that their gods actually fed on the fumes and spirituous…
The Moabites and Ammonites were both of the posterity of Lot; their countries joined, and, both adjoining to Israel, they are here put together in the prophecy against them.
I. They are both charged…
Cambridge Bible
will be terrible unto them lit. overthem. Mal 1:14, "I am a treat king, and my name terrible among the nations." For "terrible" Sept. reads, will appear.
he will famish all the gods lit., as marg.,…
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