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ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTEEN

This passage in Isaiah Chapter Sixteen speaks of the destruction and calamities that will befall the land of Moab. It also mentions a lamb being sent to the ruler of the land, the daughters of Moab, and the Moabites being likened to wandering birds. This text explores the significance of these elements and their historical context.

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ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTEEN

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTEEN

  2. KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL UNITED KINGDOM SAUL (1050-1010BC) DAVID (1010-970BC) SOLOMON (970-931BC) DIVIDED KINGDOM JUDAH ISRAEL REHOBOAM (931-914BC)? JEROBOAM I (931-910BC)? ABIJAM (914-911BC)? NADAB (910-909BC)? ASA (911-871BC)? BAASHA (909-886BC)? ELAH (886BC)? ZIMRI (885BC)? OMRI (885-874BC)? AHAB (874-853BC)? JEHOSHAPHAT (871-849BC)? AHAZIAH (853-852BC)? JEHORAM (849-842BC)? JEHORAM (852-841BC)? AHAZIAH (842-836BC)? JEHU (841-813BC)? JEHOAHAZ (814-798BC)? JOASH (836-796BC)? JOASH (798-793BC)?

  3. KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL DIVIDED KINGDOM JUDAH ISRAEL AMAZIAH (796-767BC)? JEROBOAM II(793-753BC)? UZZIAH(767-742BC)? ZACHARIAH (753BC)? SHALLUM (752BC)? MENAHEM(752-742BC)? JOTHAM (742-732BC)? PEKAIAH (742-740BC)? AHAZ (732-727BC)? PEKAH (740-732BC)? HEZEKIAH(727-686BC)? HOSHEA(732-722BC)? MANASSEH(685-642BC)? CAPTIVITY (722BC)? AMON (642-640BC)? JOSIAH(640-609BC)? JEHOAHAZ (609BC)? JEHOIAKIM (609-598BC)? JEHOIACHIN (597-597BC)? ZEDEKIAH (597-586BC)? CAPTIVITY (586BC)?

  4. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE DISTRESS OF MOAB V. 1-2 EXHORTATION TO SHOW MERCY TO HER ENEMIES V. 3-5 THE EXCEEDING GREAT PRIDE OF MOAB V. 6 THE CALAMITIES TO BEFALL MOAB V. 7-13 PROPHECY FULFILLED V. 14

  5. READ: ISAIAH 16:1-2 MOAB DESTROYED 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 MOAB DESTROYED 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHAT DID THE LAMB SIGNIFY? PEACE OFFERING? WHO WAS THE RULERS OF THE LAND? WHERE WAS SELA? ZION? WHO WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? MOABITES? WHERE WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? ARNON? WHERE WAS ARNON? ON THE BORDER OF MOAB? WHY ARE THE MOABITES LIKENED TO WANDERING BIRDS?

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHO WAS THE RULERS OF THE LAND? AMORITES? READ: JUDGES 1:34-36 34 The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; 35 The Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet when the strength of the house of Joseph became greater, they were put under tribute. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHO BROUGHT TRIBUTE TO DAVID? MOABITES? WHY? READ: 2 SAMUEL 8:1-2 1 David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines. 2 Then He defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David's servants, and brought tribute. NKJV (1 CHRONICLES 18:1-13)

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHO DID MESHA KING OF MOAB PAY TRIBUTE TO? AHAB? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN KING AHAB DIED? READ: 2 KINGS 3:4-5 4 Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he regularly paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams. 5 But it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. NKJV

  10. REVIEW OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHO DID AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH KILL? WHERE? VALLEY OF SALT?SELA? READ: 2 KINGS 14:5-10 5 Now it happened, As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. 6 But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.” 7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.

  11. REVIEW OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHAT DID AMAZIAH WANT TO DO? WHY? HOW JEHOASH RESPOND? READ: 2 KINGS 14:8-10 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle.” 9 Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall — you and Judah with you?” NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 19:5-7 5 The servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.’ 7 ‘Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.’ NKJV

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHO BROUGHT GIFTS TO HEZEKIAH? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:22-23 22 The LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. 23 Many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHO IS THE RULER OF THE UNIVERSE? READ: PSALMS 2:10-12 10 Be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. NKJV READ: OBADIAH 3-4 3 “The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground’? 4 Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says the LORD. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. WHY BRING A LAMB TO THE RULER OF THE LAND? WHO IS THE RULER OF THE UNIVERSE? READ: ROMANS 12:1-2 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHERE WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? ARNON? WHERE WAS ARNON? THE BORDER OF MOAB? READ: NUMBERS 21:10-13 10 The children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth. 11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise. 12 From there they moved and camped in the Valley of Zered. 13 From there 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. NKJV

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHERE WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? ARNON? WHERE WAS ARNON? ON THE BORDER OF MOAB? WHO WAS THE KING OF THE AMORITES? SIHON? WHAT DID HE DO? 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

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHO WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? MOABITES? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISRAEL TO DO? READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:24-25 24 Rise, take your journey. Cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle. 25 This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:36 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. NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHO WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? MOABITES? WHAT LAND DID ISRAEL TAKE? THE LAND OF THE AMORITES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 3:8-10 8 We took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon 9 The Sidonians call Hermon, Sirion. The Amorites call itSenir 10 All the cities of the plain, all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:1-2 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. WHO ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF MOAB? MOABITES? WHY ARE THE MOABITES LIKENED TO WANDERING BIRDS? READ: NUMBERS 21:29 29 Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:19-20 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the way and watch; Ask him who flees And her who escapes; Say, What has happened? 20 Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered. NKJV

  21. READ: ISAIAH 16:3-5 3 "Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes. 4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness."

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 3 "Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes. 4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness." WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S ADMONITION TO MOAB? CAN ONE MAKE HIS SHADOW LONG AT NOON TIME? WHO WERE THEY TO HIDE WITH THEIR SHADOW? OUTCASTS? WHO WERE THE OUTCASTS? THE REMNANT? WHAT WAS MOAB TO DO FOR THE REMNANT? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EXTORTIONER AND OPPRESSOR? WHAT THRONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED? WHO WILL SIT ON THIS THRONE?

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 3 "Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes. 4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S ADMONITION TO MOAB? CAN ONE MAKE HIS SHADOW LONG AT NOON TIME? WHO WERE THEY TO HIDE WITH THEIR SHADOW? OUTCASTS? WHO WERE THE OUTCASTS? THE REMNANT? WHAT WAS MOAB TO DO FOR THE REMNANT? WHY? READ: 1 KINGS 18:1-6

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 DID AHAB KNOW WHAT OBADIAH DID? READ: 1 KINGS 18:1-6 1 It came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab and I will send rain on the earth.” 2 Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria. 3 Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly. 4 For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water. 5 Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.” 6 They divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. NKJV

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 3 "Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes. 4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. WHO WERE THE OUTCASTS? THE REMNANT? WHAT WAS MOAB TO DO FOR THE REMNANT? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 48:47 47 “I will bring back the captives of Moab In the latter days,” says the LORD. NKJV

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 4 Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EXTORTIONER AND OPPRESSOR? READ: PROVERBS 14:11 11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish. NKJV READ: PROVERBS 20:27-30 27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by loving-kindness he upholds his throne. 29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head. 30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart. NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 5 In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness." WHAT THRONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED? WHO WILL SIT ON THIS THRONE? READ: PSALMS 72:7 2 He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. NKJV READ: PSALMS 96:13 13 He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth. READ: PSALMS 98:9 9 He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the peoples with equity. NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 WHAT THRONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED? WHO WILL SIT ON THIS THRONE? READ: DANIEL 7:14 14 To Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the oneWhich shall not be destroyed. NKJV READ: MICAH 4:6-8 6 “In that day,” says the LORD, ”I will assemble the lame, I will gather the outcast And those whom I have afflicted;” 7 “I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a strong nation; So the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on, even forever.” 8 “And you, O tower of the flock, The stronghold of the daughter of Zion, To you shall it come, Even the former dominion shall come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.” NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:3-5 WHAT THRONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED? WHO WILL SIT ON THIS THRONE? READ: LUKE 1:30-33 30 The angel said to Mary, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” 31 “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name JESUS.” 32 “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.” 33 “He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” NKJV

  30. READ: ISAIAH 16:6-7 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab (He is very proud) Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken.

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab (He is very proud) Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHAT HAD THEY HEARD ABOUT MOAB? PRIDE HAUGHTINESS WRATH LIES WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT THE PROUD AND HAUGHTY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PROUD AND HAUGHTY? WHO SHALL WAIL FOR MOAB? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? WHY?

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab (He is very proud) Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. WHAT HAD THEY HEARD ABOUT MOAB? PRIDE HAUGHTINESS WRATH LIES WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT THE PROUD AND HAUGHTY? READ: JOB 20:4-8 4 Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment? 6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds, 7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, Where is he? 8 He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab (He is very proud) Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. WHAT HAD THEY HEARD ABOUT MOAB? PRIDE HAUGHTINESS WRATH LIES WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PROUD AND HAUGHTY? READ: JEREMIAH 49:15-16 15 Indeed, I will make you small among nations, Despised among men. 16 Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab (He is very proud) Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so. WHAT HAD THEY HEARD ABOUT MOAB? PRIDE HAUGHTINESS WRATH LIES WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PROUD AND HAUGHTY? READ: OBADIAH 2-4 2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised. 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, Who will bring me down to the ground? 4 Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down, says the LORD. NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHO SHALL WAIL FOR MOAB? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 48:29-31 29 “We have heard the pride of Moab (He is exceedingly proud), Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride, And of the haughtiness of his heart.” 30 “I know his wrath,” says the LORD, “But it is not right; His lies have made nothing right.” 31 “Therefore I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.” NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:36 36 “My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab, And like flutes My heart shall wail For the men of Kir Heres. The riches they have acquired have perished.” NKJV

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHO SHALL WAIL FOR MOAB? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? READ: EZEKIEL 25:8-11 8 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because Moab and Seirsay, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’” 9 “Therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.” 10 “To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.” 11 “I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the LORD.” NKJV

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHO SHALL WAIL FOR MOAB? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? READ: AMOS 2:1-3 1 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.” 2 “I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.” 3 “I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the LORD. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHO SHALL WAIL FOR MOAB? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:8-10 8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.” 9 “Therefore, as I live,” Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah — Overrun with weeds and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them.” 10 “This they shall have for their pride, Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats Against the people of the LORD of hosts.” NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:6-7 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? WHY? READ: ZECHARIAH 2:8-9 8 Thus says the LORD of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.” 9 “Surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.” NKJV

  40. READ: ISAIAH 16:8-9 8 Or the fields of Heshbon languish, And the vine of Sibmah; The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants, Which have reached to Jazer And wandered through the wilderness. Her branches are stretched out, They are gone over the sea. 9 Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, With the weeping of Jazer; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For battle cries have fallen Over your summer fruits and your harvest.

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:8-9 8 Or the fields of Heshbon languish, And the vine of Sibmah; The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants, Which have reached to Jazer And wandered through the wilderness. Her branches are stretched out, They are gone over the sea. 9 Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, With the weeping of Jazer; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For battle cries have fallen Over your summer fruits and your harvest. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? SIBMAH? JAZER? HESHBON? ELEALEH? CITIES OF THE PLAINS GIVEN TO REUBEN AND GAD READ: NUMBERS 32:1-5 SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES REIGNED IN HESHBON READ: JOSHUA 13:15-21 SIBMAH (SHEBAM)? FAMOUS FOR ITS GRAPE VINEYARDS READ: JEREMIAH 48:31-34

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:8-9 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? SIBMAH? JAZER? HESHBON? ELEALEH? CITIES OF THE PLAINS WERE GIVEN TO REUBEN AND GAD 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 andspoke 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 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

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:8-9 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? SIBMAH? JAZER? HESHBON? ELEALEH? SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES REIGNED IN HESHBON 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 Shaharon 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. NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:8-9 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? SIBMAH? JAZER? HESHBON? ELEALEH? SIBMAH (SHEBAM) WAS FAMOUS FOR ITS GRAPE VINEYARDS READ: JEREMIAH 48:31-34 31 I will wail for Moab; 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

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:8-9 9 Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, With the weeping of Jazer; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For battle cries have fallen Over your summer fruits and your harvest. SIBMAH (SHEBAM)? FAMOUS FOR ITS GRAPE VINEYARDS READ: JEREMIAH 48:31-34 WHY ARE THEY WEEPING AND WAILING? WHEN DID THE BATTLE CRIES FALL? DURING SUMMER FRUITS AND HARVEST?

  46. READ: ISAIAH 16:10-11 10 Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful field; In the vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. 11 Therefore my heart shall resound like a harp for Moab, And my inner being for Kir Heres.

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:10-11 10 Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful field; In the vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. 11 Therefore my heart shall resound like a harp for Moab, And my inner being for Kir Heres. WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE? GLADNESS? JOY? SHOUTING? WHY? HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE PROPHETS? HOW DID THEY EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS?

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 16:10-11 10 Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful field; In the vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE? GLADNESS? JOY? SHOUTING? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 25:30-31 30 Prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “The LORD will roar from on high, And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.” 31 “A noise will come to the ends of the earth; For the LORD has a controversy with the nations; He will plead His case with all flesh. He will give those who are wicked to the sword,” says the LORD.

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