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ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB

ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB. READ: ISAIAH 15:1-2. PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed,

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ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB

  2. READ: ISAIAH 15:1-2 PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.

  3. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHO WERE THE MOABITES? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT? WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM? WHO HAS GONE TO THE TEMPLE? WHY? WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN?

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHO ARE THE MOABITES? READ: GENESIS 19:36-38 37 Both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. NKJV

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:8-9 8 We passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab. 9 The LORD said to me, “Do not harass Moab nor contend with them in battle. I will not give you any of their land as a possession because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.” NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:16-19 16 When all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, 17 The LORD spoke to me saying: 18 “This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab. 19 When you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them. I willnotgive you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a possession.” NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHERE WAS AR? READ: NUMBERS 21:13-15 13 They moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 It is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: Waheb in Suphah, The brooks of the Arnon, 15 The slope of the brooksThatreaches to the dwelling of Ar, And lies on the border of Moab. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHERE DID REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH BUILD? READ: NUMBERS 32:33-38 33 Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country. 34 The children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer, 35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 The children of Reuben builtHeshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim, 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built. NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHERE WAS MOUNT NEBO LOCATED? READ: DEUTERONOMY 34:1-3 1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, 2 All Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, 3 The South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHAT LAND DID THE REUBENITES AND GADITES RECEIVE? READ: JOSHUA 13:8-9 8 The Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them: 9 From Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon and the town that is in the midst of the ravine and all the plain of Medeba as far as Dibon; NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA? WHAT LAND DID THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN RECEIVE? READ: JOSHUA 13:15-21 15 Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16 Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley, 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth — 21 All the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon,whom Moses had struck with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country.

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT AN AMMONITE OR MOABITE? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:3-6 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD forever, 4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 The LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, The LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperityall your days forever. NKJV

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DID HANUN THE KING OF AMMON DO?? READ: 2 SAMUEL 10:1-5 1 It happened after this that the king of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the people of Ammon. 3 The princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?” 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.” NKJV (1 CHRONICLES 19:1-5)

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 WHAT DID ISRAEL DO TO THE MOABITES? READ: 2 KINGS 3:24-27 24 When They came to the camp of Israel, Israel rose up and attacked the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they entered their land, killing the Moabites. 25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw a stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. But they left the stones of Kir Haraseth intact. However the slingers surrounded and attacked it. 26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not. 27 He took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall; and there was great indignation against Israel. So they departed from him and returned to their own land. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM? READ: 1 KINGS 11:7-8 7 Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. 8 He did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:21-24 21 Judgment has come on the plain country: On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath, 22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim, 23 On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon, 24 On Kerioth and Bozrah, On all the cities of the land of Moab, Far or near. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 48:35 35 “Moreover,” says the LORD, “I will cause to cease in Moab The one who offers sacrifices in the high places And burns incense to his gods.” NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:42 42 “Moab shall be destroyed as a people Because he exalted himself against the LORD.” NKJV

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT? READ: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2-3 2 You yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 When they say, Peace and safety! then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. NKJV READ: 2 PETER 3:10 10 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. NKJV

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT? READ: REVELATION 3:3 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. READ: REVELATION 16:15 15 Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHO HAS GONE TO THE TEMPLE? WHY? WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN? READ: JEREMIAH 7:28-29 28 You shall say to them, “This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their Godnorreceive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.” 29 “Cut off your hair and cast it away and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.” NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:1-2 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off. WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN? READ: JEREMIAH 48:37-39 37 Every head shall be bald and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuts and on the loins sackcloth. 38 A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab And in its streets. For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the LORD. 39 They shall wail: How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame! So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her. NKJV

  21. READ: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him. WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH? WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF MOAB? WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON? HOW LOUD WAS THEIR CRYING OUT? HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS?

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH? WHY DID JACOB PUT ON SACKCLOTH? READ: GENESIS 37:34-35 34 Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. WHY DID DAVID SAY TO JOAB AND THE PEOPLE? WHY? READ: 2 SAMUEL 3:31-32 31 David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin. 32 They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. NKJV

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. WHAT DID AHAB DO AND WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: 1 KINGS 21:27-29 27 When Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning. 28 The word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house. NKJV

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH? READ: EZEKIEL 7:17-18 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water. 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads. NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH? WHAT DID JOB DO AND WHY? WHAT DID HE SAY? READ: JOB 1:20-22 20 Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him. WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ? READ: NUMBERS 21:26 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon. NKJV READ: NUMBERS 32:37-38 37 The children of Reuben builtHeshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim, 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built. NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him. WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF MOAB? WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:26-37

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF MOAB? WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:26-37 26 I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. 28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, 29 Just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us. 30 Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day. 31 The LORD said to me, See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF MOAB? WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:26-37 32 Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz. 33 The LORD our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people. 34 We took all his cities at that time and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining. 35 We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all to us. 37 Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon — anywhere along the River Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever the LORD our God had forbidden us. NKJV (NUMBERS 21:21-32)

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT HAPPENED TO SIHON, KING OF HESHBON,? READ: NUMBERS 21:24-26 24 Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified. 25 Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its villages. 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND GAD WANT? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 32:1-5 1 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,” 4 “The country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” 5 Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” NKJV (DEUTERONOMY 3:12-22)

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT LAND DID MOSES GIVE THEM? READ: NUMBERS 32:33-38 33 Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manassehthe son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country. 34 The children of Gad builtDibon and Ataroth and Aroer, 35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 The children of Reuben builtHeshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim, 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built. NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 WHAT LAND DID MOSES GIVE THEM? READ: JOSHUA 13:24-28 24 Moses had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families. 25 Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah, 26 From Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir, 27 And in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gadaccording to their families, the cities and their villages. NKJV

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him. WHY WERE THEY WAILING? WHO COULD HEAR THEM? HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS OF MOAB?

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:3-4 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him. HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS OF MOAB? READ: JEREMIAH 48:2 2 No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off as a nation. You also shall be cut down, O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you; NKJV READ: REVELATION 9:6 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. NKJV

  38. READ: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 "My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green.

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green. WHO IS CRYING OUT FOR MOAB? THE PROPHETS? WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT? WHAT IS THE ASCENT OF LUHITH? WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN? WHAT IS THE WATERS OF NIMRIM?

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, WHO IS CRYING OUT FOR MOAB? THE PROPHETS? READ: JEREMIAH 48:31-34 31 I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres. 32 O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the sea, They reach to the sea of Jazer. The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage. 33 Joy and gladness are taken From the plentiful field And from the land of Moab; I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses; No one will tread with joyous shouting — Not joyous shouting! 34 From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh and to JahazThey have uttered their voice, From Zoar to Horonaim, Like a three-year-old heifer; For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate. NKJV

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT? READ: JEREMIAH 4:20-21 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, And my curtains in a moment. 21 How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet? NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT? READ: JEREMIAH 48:3-5 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: Plundering and great destruction! 4 Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard; 5 In the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping; In the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:39 39 They shall wail: How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame! So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her. NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green. WHAT IS THE ASCENT OF LUHITH? A CITY ON A HILL LEADING UP TO THE TEMPLE? WHAT IS THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? PURE WATERS OF THE PLAINS S.E. OF THE DEAD SEA? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN? READ: NEHEMIAH 2:10,19

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 5 My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction, WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN? WHAT CITY WAS SANBALLAT FROM? READ: NEHEMIAH 2:10 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammoniteofficial heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel. NKJV READ: NEHEMIAH 2:19 19 When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king? NKJV

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green. WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? WHY? READ: HOSEA 4:3 3 The land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away. NKJV READ: JOEL 1:12 12 The vine has dried up, And the fig tree has withered; The pomegranate tree, The palm tree also, And the apple tree — All the trees of the field are withered; Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men. NKJV

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:5-6 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green. WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 14:3-6 3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads. 5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass. NKJV

  47. READ: ISAIAH 15:7-9 7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows. 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land." NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 15:7-9 7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows. 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land." NKJV WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABUNDANCE THEY GAINED? WHERE IS THE BROOK OF THE WILLOWS? WHERE WAS EGLAIM? EN-EGLAIM? WHERE WAS BEER ELIM? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATERS OF DIMON? WHERE WAS DIMON? DIBON? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?

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