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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Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down - Laid low - Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.
Of Moab, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Alas for Nebo, for it is laid waste, put to shame - captured, is Kiriathaim, put to shame is Misgab, and dismayed.
Fausets
("the elevated spot".) In Moab Jer 48:1), "the high land of Moab." (Furst.)
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Of Moab, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Alas for Nebo, for it is laid waste, put to shame - captured, is Kiriathaim, put to shame is Misgab, and dismayed.
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/emb'>46:7,11; 48:3; 59:9,6/type/emb'>16-17; 62/2/type/emb'>62:2,6; 94:22; 144:2; Isa 33:16.
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My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, - My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me.
Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.
Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. Selah.
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
O my Strength, unto thee, will I make melody, For, God, is my high tower.
But, I, will sing thy power, And will shout aloud, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, - For thou has become a refuge for me, And a place to flee to in the day of my distress. O my Strength, unto thee, will I make melody, For, God, is my high tower, my God of lovingkindness.
Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower - I shall not be greatly shaken!
Surely, he, is my rock, and my salvation, My high tower - I shall not be shaken!
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.
Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down - Laid low - Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.
He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, - His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,
Of Moab, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Alas for Nebo, for it is laid waste, put to shame - captured, is Kiriathaim, put to shame is Misgab, and dismayed.
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, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Alas for Nebo, for it is laid waste, put to shame - captured, is Kiriathaim, put to shame is Misgab, and dismayed.
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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Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down - Laid low - Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.
Of Moab, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, - Alas for Nebo, for it is laid waste, put to shame - captured, is Kiriathaim, put to shame is Misgab, and dismayed.