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 lay siege to the fortress of thy high walls; he shall humble it and bring it down to the ground, even to the dust.
Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
Fausets
("the elevated spot".) In Moab Jer 48:1), "the high land of Moab." (Furst.)
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Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded 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/j2000'>46:7,11; 48:3; 59:9,6/type/j2000'>16-17; 62/2/type/j2000'>62:2,6; 94:22; 144:2; Isa 33:16.
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God is my Strong One; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my saving health; my defence and my refuge; my saviour, who shall save me from violence.
The LORD also will be a refuge to the humble, a refuge for the time of trouble.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The LORD of the hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The LORD of the hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
I will reserve his strength unto thee, for God is my defence.
But I will sing of thy power; I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning, for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing, for God is my defence and the God of my mercy.
He only is my rock and my saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
He only is my rock and my saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
But the LORD is my refuge, and my God is the rock of my trust.
My mercy and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdues my people under me.
and lay siege to the fortress of thy high walls; he shall humble it and bring it down to the ground, even to the dust.
he shall dwell upon the high places: fortresses of rocks shall be his place of refuge: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded 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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Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded 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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and lay siege to the fortress of thy high walls; he shall humble it and bring it down to the ground, even to the dust.
Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.