And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
Ver. 18. And this is but a light thing.] A great thing it was in itself considered - else Lysimachus would never have parted with his kingdom for a cup of water, to save his life; but behold a greater, and admire the goodness of God to an undeserving people.