Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 25:9

9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities , from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon , and Kiriathaim .

When the Lord will open the Gates of Iron, and say, the Gates shall not be shut, as Isa. 45.1. 2, Every attempt shall be easie, and his Souldiers shall break through the defences, that were vainly boasted impregnable.

That part of his Country, which was best fortified for the safeguard of the whole.

From the Cities of strength, called here his, because he gloryed, and trusted in them such as Har and Aroer seated on Arnon, very strong Garrisons.

Or from his Frontiers, (for 'tis the same construction Hebr.) or from his outmost bounds, I will lay all open to the Chaldaeans, they shall over-run it, as if 'twere an open Countrey, as easily, as if no Fortresses to impede them.

So the great, strong, and beautiful, or regularly built, and fortified Cities are ever accounted the Glory of the Countrey, and these are reckoned beside Ar and Aroer.

Called also Meon, and Baiith, and Beth-Baal-Meon, Mansion-House of Baal, word for word; it was scituate on the North Coast of Moab, as the other on the West.

A City, which probably consisted of two Cities, or principal parts, a very strong Frontier Town, but not able to keep out those that God would lead in.

Bethjesimoth, an ancient City, and formerly Reuben's lot, Ioh. 13.20. its name tells you, it was a fortress toward the desert, which watched, lest any should, through those wastes, make an inroad on the Countrey.

Marginal references: Heb. shoulder.