This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Ver. 13. This is the word that the Lord hath spoken.] And is therefore sure and certain; for the word of the Lord "cannot be broken" Joh 10:35
Since that time,] i.e., Since Balaam, hired by Balak (say the Hebrews), cursed not the Israelites as he would have done, but the Moabites, as he was made to do. Ex tunc.