2:2 So I will set Moab on fire, 1
and it will consume Kerioth’s 2 fortresses.
Moab will perish 3 in the heat of battle 4
amid war cries and the blaring 5 of the ram’s horn. 6
39:25 At the sound of the trumpet, it says, ‘Aha!’
And from a distance it catches the scent of battle,
the thunderous shouting of commanders,
and the battle cries.
9:5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth 7
and every garment dragged through blood
is used as fuel for the fire.
1 sn The destruction of Moab by fire is an example of a judgment in kind – as the Moabites committed the crime of “burning,” so the
2 sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.
3 tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); NAB “shall meet death.”
4 tn Or “in the tumult.” This word refers to the harsh confusion of sounds that characterized an ancient battle – a mixture of war cries, shouts, shrieks of pain, clashes of weapons, etc.
5 tn Heb “sound” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).
6 sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle.
7 tn Heb “Indeed every boot marching with shaking.” On the meaning of סְאוֹן (sÿ’on, “boot”) and the related denominative verb, both of which occur only here, see HALOT 738 s.v. סְאוֹן.