For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
The hand of the Lord rest - as its permanent protector: on "hand" in this sense, cf. Ezra 7:9; Ezra 7:28.
Moab - while Israel is being protected, the foe is destroyed. Moab is the representative of all the foes of God's people (Isaiah 11:14).
Shall be trodden down - (Isaiah 26:6; Psalms 110:1; Malachi 4:3.)
Under him (Hebrew, tachtaayw (H8478)) - rather, in his own place or country (Exodus 10:23; Exodus 16:29).
Even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill (Hebrew, bªmow (H1119) madmeenaah (H4087)) - in the water of the dungheap, in which straw was trodden to make it manure (Psalms 83:10): 'in the dungpool.' Horsley translates, either, 'in the waters of Madmenah,' namely, for the making of bricks; or as the Septuagint, 'as the threshing floor is trampled by the grain-drag' (see margin, and Micah 4:11-13).