Verses 2-3
2, 3. For Not for, but and, it shall be If they comply, then this shall follow: that, as a wandering bird cast… nest Moab must acquire favour from Israel or Judah right early, (Isaiah 16:1,) for soon she would stand a restless fugitive on the borders of the latter, and implore protection. Fugitives, here, are compared to fluttering birds, routed from their nests, and left in timid indecision.
Daughters of Moab Usually, and especially as applied to Judah, Babylon. etc., the word “daughters” of a place are the inhabitants of the place. But here the women seem to be the suppliants. They stand at the ford of Arnon, the ancient border of Moab. Numbers 21:13. The exhortation to them is,
Take counsel Apply counsel given by the prophet.
Execute judgment Rather, decision. Decide at once to pass the stream. No delay is admissible. Flee for help to the mount in Jerusalem, Mount Zion.
Shadow as the night Seek protection from divine wrath, such as the shadow of night is, from enemies. Let the Lord be thy shadow and pavilion, and be secure as much in noonday as in the night.
Hide the outcasts In turn make secure the exiles from Judah in your midst. Often had Moab been such a refuge.
Bewray not Reveal not the place of the persecuted exile.
Be the first to react on this!
