Reference: Misgab
Easton
height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of Moab, as some think (Jer 48:1). In Isa 25:12, the word is rendered "high fort."
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And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.
Fausets
("the elevated spot".) In Moab Jer 48:1), "the high land of Moab." (Furst.)
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Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.
Hastings
Mentioned along with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the oracle against Moab (Jer 48:1). Perhaps it is not intended as a proper name. The same Heb. term occurs in Isa 25:12, where both AV and RV tr 'high fort' (cf. 2Sa 22:3; Ps 9:9 bis Ps 18:2; 6/7/type/bbe'>46:7,11; 48:3; 59:9,6/type/bbe'>16-17; 62/2/type/bbe'>62:2,6; 94:22; 144:2; Isa 33:16.
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My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.
But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble. To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.
Morish
Mis'gab
Place in Moab denounced by the prophet. Jer 48:1. It reads 'high place' in the margin. Without the article the word is translated 'defence,' 'high fort,' 'refuge,' etc.
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Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.
Smith
Mis'gab
(height), a place in Moab.
It appears to be mentioned also in
thorough there rendered in the Authorized Version "high fort."
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And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.