This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.
This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time,
This is the word which Jehovah hath spoken from of old concerning Moab.
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4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
I am now punishing their sins, yet I will deliver them for my own mercy's sake. The throne - The kingdom of Judah. In truth - That is, firmly and constantly; for truth is often put for the stability and certainty of a thing, as 2 Chron. xxxii, 1 Prov. xi, 18.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
): This is the word, this is the thing, that the Lord has spoken concerning Moab, since the time that he began to be so proud, and insolent, and abusive to God's people.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
since that time--rather, "respecting that time" [HORSLEY]. BARNES translates it, "formerly" in contrast to "but now" (Isa 16:14): heretofore former prophecies (Ex 15:15; Nu 21:29) have been given as to Moab, of which Isaiah has given the substance: but now a definite and steady time also is fixed.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Since - Since the beginning of God's Revelation to me concerning Moab, hitherto.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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