Verse 8
8. Fields of Heshbon The region around Heshbon on the north, noted for choice vineyards.
Languish Or, wither. The locality lies near to the former sites of Sodom and Gomorrah, on the plain north of the Dead Sea, not south as heretofore believed.
The vine of Sibmah This place has not been identified. Jerome speaks of it as only about half a Roman mile from Hesh-bon. The why the vineyards stand withered is, the lords of the nations have broken off, or down, the principal plants thereof. Either Moab’s own masters, princes, or Assyrian warriors, were wantonly making havoc in the land: the action is the perpetual present of prophecy proleptic.
They The vine plants.
Come even unto Jazer So luxuriant are they. The same wandered or trailed through the desert eastward.
They are gone over the sea Westward, to the sea or pools of Jazer, or even to the Dead Sea. The fruitful, extending vine is a favourite symbol with Old Testament poets for a populous and luxuriant nation.
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