Title Judgment on Moab 2/Isaiah 16
Content Judgment on Moab 2
Isaiah 16
1. Urging Moab's obedience (1-5)
This passage, which begins with the prophet Isaiah's advice to the judgmental people of Moab, is an exhortation that suggests a way to overcome the crisis situation for the Moabites, who are in danger of being destroyed by God's judgment. In a sense, it can be seen as a diplomatic request, but in essence, it is a recommendation to obey the Messiah, the successor of David's kingship.
Isaiah is admonishing the Moabites to flee under the shadow of Zion, the wing of God, knowing that Zion would be safely protected from the Assyrian attack.
Salvation comes only to those who obey and take refuge in God.
2. Natural calamities to befall Moab: Drought (6-10)
If the first part describes the judgment of Moab in relation to Judah, this paragraph is a prophecy of the judgment of Moab that follows the battlefield. First, it records the motives for judgment against Moab. It is clearly stated that the motive for God's judgment on Moab was "pride" before God. This pride was more specifically described as "conceited against the Lord." This pride is most often cited as the motive for the judgment of great powers and nations.
God's judgment chastises us through natural disasters, that is, extreme drought. The Prophet uses the Moabite vineyard as a representative example to explain the wretchedness of judgment. Because Moab's main pride was vineyards. Before they became proud before God, they produced the finest wine and raisins and lived a prosperous life. But because of God's judgment, he lived a life full of groaning and sorrow.
God is the One who destroys the proud and thoroughly seizes all power and glory.
3. Moab's Judgment Period (11-14)
As the final judgment on the judgment of Moab, it more clearly and concretely sets out the time when the destruction pronounced on Moab will be fulfilled. That is, Jehovah declared that within three years would come judgment across Moab, stripped of all its glory and humiliated, and very few would escape it.
Faced with this situation, the Moabites turn to their gods and try to escape Jehovah's judgment. They go up to the high place and pray and serve until they are tired, but these efforts and efforts are in vain. This is because the judgment that came upon Moab was ordained and planned by Almighty God, who is the ruler of history.
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5).