Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 21:29

29 Wo to thee, Moab , thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters into captivity , unto Sihon king of the Amorite .

Alas poor Moab, thou couldst not save thy self from Sihons sword.

(i. e.) The worshippers of Chemosh: so the God of the Moabites was called, 1 King. 11. 7, 33. 2 King. 23. 13. Ier. 48. 46.

He, (i. e.) their God, hath delivered up his own people to his and their enemies, he could not defend them, but suffered many of them to be killed, nor could he secure even those that had escaped the sword, but suffered them to fall into their enemies hands and by them to be carried into captivity.

Now the words of this and the following verse seem to be not a part of that triumphant song or poem made, as I suppose, by some Amoritish bard or poet, which seems to be concluded ver. 28. but of the Israelites making their observation upon it. And here they scoffe at the impotency not onely of the Moabites, but of their God also, who could not save his people from the sword of Sihon and the Amorites.

Marginal references: 1 Kin. 11. [illegible: 1+ letters] 33.