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**lamb** = tribute lamb.
**to the ruler** = of the ruler: i.e. Judah, as Mesha king of Moab had done ([2 Kings 3:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/4) ).
**Sela.** Now Petra (so called by the Romans) in Mount Seir, near Mount Hor ([2 Kings 14:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/7) ).

**cast out, &c.** = a forsaken nest.
**be** = become.

**Take counsel** = Bring advice. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Bring thou counsel".
**execute judgment** = perform an arbitrator's duty. Hebrew. *pelilah* . Occurs only here. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate, read "execute thou".

**Let Mine outcasts, &c.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Let the outcasts", &c.
**dwell** = sojourn. Compare [1 Samuel 22:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/3) , [1 Samuel 22:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/4) .
**the spoiler:** i.e. Sennacherib.
**extortioner.** Hebrew. *muz.* Occurs only here.
**oppressors** = treaders down. Hebrew. *ramas.* Occurs only here.

**in mercy.** The burden goes beyond the immediate future to the ultimate future.
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.
**in truth.** See note on [Isaiah 10:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/20) .
**hasting righteousness** = prompt in equity. Compare [Isaiah 46:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/13) .

**We.** Compare [Isaiah 6:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/8) . [Genesis 1:26](../../../kjv/genesis/1/26) .
**his lies shall not be so** = his resources do not correspond.

**Kir-hareseth.** Some codices read "Kir-harasheth".
**stricken** = worn away. Hebrew. *naka'.* Occurs only here.

**the fields** = [as to] the fields. Compare [Deuteronomy 32:32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/32) . [2 Kings 23:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/4) .[Jeremiah 31:40](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/40) (feminine).
**Heshbon.** Compare [Isaiah 15:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/4) .
**languish** = he [Moab] hath enfeebled.
**and** = supply [as to] and omit the colon.
**the vine of Sibmah** = Sibmah's vine.
**lords.** Probably plural of Majesty for "great lord of the nations", a title claimed by the kings of Assyria.
**heathen** = nations.
**Jazer.** Probably *Beit Zer'ah,* on the east of Jordan ([Numbers 32:1](../../../kjv/numbers/32/1) .[Joshua 13:25](../../../kjv/joshua/13/25) ; Jos 21:39 . [2 Samuel 24:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/5) . [1 Chronicles 6:81](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/81) ; [1 Chronicles 26:31](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/31) .[Jeremiah 48:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/32); [Jeremiah 48:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/32) ).
**wandered through:** or, strayed into.

**water thee** = make thee drunk.
**Elealeh.** See note on [Isaiah 15:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/4) .
**the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen** = on thy summer fruits and thy harvest a war-cry hath fallen,

**plentiful** = fruitful.
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .
**presses** = wine-vat. Hebrew. *yekeb,* not *gaih.* See note on [Isaiah 5:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/2) .

**sound** = make a plaintive sound. Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* . Hebrew v'kirbi Kir.
**Kir-haresh.** See note on [Isaiah 15:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/1) .

**on.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "unto": weary with climbing up to. Compare [Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2) .
**prevail** = obtain anything.

**Within.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "about".
**three years.** From the death of Ahaz.
**contemned** = brought low.
**small** = few.
**feeble** = small.

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