Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cast out of . . . nest—rather, "as a brood cast out" (in apposition with "a wandering bird," or rather, wandering birds), namely, a brood just fledged and expelled from the nest in which they were hatched [HORSLEY]. Compare Isaiah 10:14; Deuteronomy 32:11.
daughters of Moab—that is, the inhabitants of Moab. So II Kings 19:21; Psalms 48:11; Jeremiah 46:11; Lamentations 4:22 [MAURER].
at the fords—trying to cross the boundary river of Moab, in order to escape out of the land. EWALD and MAURER make "fords" a poetical expression for "the dwellers on Arnon," answering to the parallel clause of the same sense, "daughters of Moab."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 16:2:
Isaiah 16:1
Jeremiah 48:20
Hosea 7:13
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