The Lord — Hath made this farther discovery of his mind to me. Three years — This may well be understood of some great blow given to the Moabites, either by Sennacherib, or his son Esarhaddon, from which notwithstanding they recovered and flourished again 'till Nebuchadnezzar compleated their destruction. Hireling — Within three years precisely counted; for hirelings are very punctual in observing the time for which they are hired. The glory — Their strength, and wealth, and other things in which they glory, shall be made contemptible to those who formerly admired them. With — With the great numbers of their people, of which they boasted.
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Isaiah 16:14
14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.g