10. rest--as its permanent protector; on "hand" in this
sense; compare
Ezr 7:6, 28.
Moab--while Israel is being protected, the foe is destroyed; Moab is
the representative of all the foes of God's people.
under him--Rather, "in his own place" or "country"
(Ex 10:23; 16:29).
for the dunghill--Rather, "in the water of the dung heap," in which
straw was trodden to make it manure
(Ps 83:10).
HORSLEY translates either, "in the waters of
Madmenah," namely, for the making of bricks; or as the
Septuagint, "as the threshing-floor is trampled by the
corn-drag" (see Margin;
Mic 4:11-13).
JFB.
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