1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Isaiah 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

Moab. Which would be visited in three years' time (chap. 16:14.) either by Ezechias, or by Sennacherib, though history be silent on this head. The Moabites had been very cruel, Amos 1:and 2:--- Night. Suddenly. (Calmet) --- Their misery was so much the greater. (Worthington) --- Ar. The capital. (Calmet)