Verse 10
Moab. as straw. for the dunghill. Note the Figure of speech Homoeopropheron ( App-6 ). Moab. mathben , beMo Madmenah . which occurs only here, is used to complete the Figure of speech Homoeopropheron . See above.
trodden down = beaten to pieces by treading.
for the dunghill = in Madmenah, as in Isaiah 10:31 and Jeremiah 48:2 , Revised Version quite wrong, "in the water of the dunghill". Dung is never watered in the East, but dried, and used as fuel (Ezekiel 4:15 ), and is found only in the streets of towns and villages. In Psalms 83:10 "earth" is adamah = ground. See note there.
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