8. I have heard--A seasonable consolation to Judah when wantonly
assailed by Moab and Ammon with impunity: God saith, "I have heard it
all, though I might seem to men not to have observed it because I did
not immediately inflict punishment."
magnified themselves--acted haughtily, invading the territory of
Judah
(Jer 48:29; 49:1;
compare
Zep 2:10;
Ps 35:26;
Ob 12).
JFB.
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