Verse 8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
The lords — The Assyrians or Chaldeans, the great rulers of the eastern nations.
Plants — The choicest vines. Under which one particular he seems to understand, not only all other fruits and goods, but even their choicest people.
They — The lords of the heathen are come as far as Jazer, which is the utmost border of Moab. Wandered - The Moabites fled for their lives, and wandered hither and thither in the wilderness of Moab.
Branches — Her people, called plants before.
Stretched — Driven from their own homes, and dispersed into several countries.
The sea — Over the Dead-sea, which was the border of Moab. They were forced to flee out of their own country to save their lives.
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