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And they will indeed enjoy the benefits of those good things which have been promised. And Moabitis—or Moab, according to the Hebrew text—will undergo the punishment of its own godlessness. It will be trodden down in the manner of a threshing floor with wagons, so that its hands will be weak and worn out from faintness. Therefore, Aquila says: And Moab will be threshed out under him as chaff is threshed out; and according to Symmachus: And we will thresh Moab as a threshing of chaff in mud. He next states who they are who are treading it down and threshing it when he adds: “And the feet of the gentle and humble and the steps of the poor will trample it.” And I suppose that the evil demon and the opposing power which was once revered as a god among the Moabites is here referred to as Moab, which then was proud and arrogant against the God of Israel. And the nation was afflicted by it, and thus Moses dared to do such things because the people had given themselves over to fornication and “joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor.” This was the idol of the Moabites. Because of this, the things discussed above are prophesied against it as against the certain dreadful power which wars against God.

In the vision concerning Moab and concerning its demon, Moab itself is addressed: “Because your alliance has been taken away, and the ruler who trampled on the land has perished.” Therefore, since this fearful and evil demon was among the people of the Jews, as it was supposed, the present prophecy teaches the end that will follow at the time of the universal judgment of God when it says: And Moab shall be trodden down, and he will send forth his hands, as he himself brought others low to destroy them, so also he will suffer similar things. But Symmachus says: And we will thresh Moab down as a threshing of chaff in mud; and, while it is being threshed and trodden down, he will spread out his hands as one who is bathing holds them out in order to swim, and his arrogance will be brought low with the downward strokes of his hands. And your fortress with its high walls will bend down and cleave to the earth. And the walls of its fortress are the powers which, although they were fortified, the Word says will be demolished. He teaches that these things will happen to the evil demon that once prevailed over the Moabites as well as those others that are supposed to be gods, thus leaving us with an example of what will come on the other opposing powers.

рука. Т.е. рука, совершающая суд (Ис. 9:11, 12 и ком.; Ис. 9:17, 21; Ис. 10:4).

на горе сей. См. ком. к Ис. 2:2; Ис. 25:6.

Моав. В данном случае Моав олицетворяет все противящиеся Богу народы (так же, как Едом в Ис. 34:5-17; Ис. 63:1-6; Авд., гл. 1).

These fruits we have gathered from this mountain, that is, of piety. And the land of Moab shall be trodden down in its place, as they tread a threshing floor with wagons; 11and he will spread out his hands as he who is being washed spreads them to swim. By these things he alluded to the error of polytheism and its teacher; for the grace of the Spirit also foretold this through Balaam: “‘A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a man shall arise out of Israel, and shall crush the rulers of Moab and shall plunder all the sons of Seth.’” The rulers of Moab are Chemosh and Baal-peor and the other idols; through these, therefore, he has declared the cessation of the error of idols; and through the sons of Seth, the salvation of all men; for from Seth Noah traces his lineage, and while all other men were given over to the utter destruction of the flood, from him the whole nature of mankind blossomed again. Therefore, he said the teacher of error will be trodden down according to the Lord's voice: “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy.”