Thus says the LORD;
For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ashes. Some think that he alludes to 4 Kings iii. 27., or rather to some war, the ashes of the dead were disturbed. (Calmet)
Both these acts of inhumanity deserved severe punishment. (Worthington)