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For Moab; for itself; the noun put for the pronoun, as is usual in the Hebrew text. Or, to Moab. One Moabite shall howl or lament to or for another.
Kir-hareseth; an ancient and eminent city of Moab, called Kir, Isa_15:1 and Kir-haresh, Isa_16:11, which signifies, The city of the sun, probably because there was the temple of the sun; which city was preserved when their other cities were ruined, 2Ki_3:25, and therefore the destruction of it was more lamented.
Shall ye mourn; or, ye shall meditate or talk, as this word commonly signifies. Your thoughts and discourses will run much upon the ruin of such a city.
Stricken; or, broken; overthrown or destroyed.