Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"A cry of destruction"
Text: Isaiah 15:5
DESTRUCTION OF MOAB AS A NATION
City after city in Moab suffered humiliating defeat. Moab realised that their future looked very bleak and dim.
“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.
‘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,
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate,
For the green grass has withered away;
The grass fails, there is nothing green.'”
Isaiah 15:4-6
1. More cities were defeated.
a) Heshbon
b) Elealah
c) The soldiers who were defending these cities were crying out in despair.
d) Life was burdensome when there was so much destruction experienced.
2. Raising up a mournful cry of destruction.
a) The heart goes out to all the victims of war.
b) A sad imagery was applied to Moab.
i) Moab was like a young heifer moving around aimlessly.
ii) The people were fleeing to places that would provide no refuge at all.
c) Wherever they thought refuge maybe found, the Moabite survivors would flee there but to no avail. No city that was named offered any respite.
3. The topography of the land had changed terribly.
a) The grassy pasture lands were no more.
b) The rivers of water were all dried up.
c) Nothing green was in sight in Moab.
d) With the verdant colour disappearing from sight, despairing cries were heard everywhere in Moab.