Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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Interpretation
The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it.
Glossary
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Kerioth Place
- Cities. (1. ) A town in the south of Judah ( Josh. 15:25 ). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. Modern identification: Al Qurayyat.