The Strand Study Bible

ISAIAH 15:4

ISAIAH 17:2

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selves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. P 4 1 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. P 5 1 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. P 6 1 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. P 7 1 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. P 8 1 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. P 9 1 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. P Isaiah 16 1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from 2 Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 3 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, 1 so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. P 3 1 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. P 4 1 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. P 5 4 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of 5 David, 6 judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting 7 righteousness. P 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and

his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 1 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of 8 Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. P 8 1 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilder- ness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. P 9 1 Therefore I will bewail with the weep- ing of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will wa- ter thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. P 10 1 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vine- yards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. P 11 1 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. P 12 1 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. P 13 1 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. P 14 But now the LORD hath spoken, say- ing, 1 Within three years, 9 as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. P READ NEXT - Isaiah 18-27 Isaiah 17 The promise of Syria’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - II Ki 16:9 - 732 BC) Date Written - c. 732 BC/AM 3268 1 The burden of 11 Damascus. Behold, 12 Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. P 2 12 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. P

1. Fulfilled - 711 BC (Fall of Moab)

(See - Amos 2:1-3) 2. that is, “Petra, the capital of Edom” Note - Because the Assyrians now occupied Moab’s land, Moab was forced to flee south to Petra (Sela) in Edom for protection. God then offers Moab its only hope of avoiding certain destruction from Sargon king of Assyria – send ye the lamb , i.e., make peace with Hezekiah, the ruler of the land of Judah, by sending him a peace offering from your hiding place in Petra (Sela). You’ve been wise about these things in times past (II Ki 3:4). Be wise again. 3. Note - Failure to pay the tribute being turned out of their houses like a wandering bird cast out of the nest (II Ki 3:4-25). 4. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) (See - Dan 7:13- 14 & Rev 11:15) 5. Isa 9:6-7 & Lk 1:31-33 6. Isa 55:4 7. Isa 32:1 & Rev 19:11 ( For it shall be ) would result in

8. II Ki 3:25 9. Job 7:1 & Isa 21:16 11. Gen 14:15 & 15:2 12. Fulfilled - II Ki 16:9 (Fall of Syria) (See - Isa 8:4 & Amos 1:3-5)

15:5 Isaiah “wept” ( cry ) over the fate of Moab, perhaps in part because they were descendants of Lot’s family (Gen 19:29-37). 16:3 Isaiah urges Moab, whom David had made tributaries 322 years earlier (II Sam 8:2), to take counsel (call a convention and rethink their decision-making process) and reverse all the hatred and hardships they placed upon God’s people over the years and begin receiving the dispersed Israelites (½ the tribe of Manasseh, Gad and Reuben) who fled when Tilgath-Pilneser (Pul - I Chro 5:26) king of Assyria invaded their lands twenty years earlier, and start offering them a cool shade in the midst of a heated situation ( make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ).