Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"His lies have made nothing right"
Text: Jeremiah 48:30
GOD’S KNOWLEDGE OF MOAB
Moab was well-known to the LORD. The history of Moab was not hidden to God. Two sins of Moab were highlighted:
“‘I know his wrath,’ says the LORD,
‘But it is not right;
His lies have made nothing right.
Therefore I will wail for Moab,
And I will cry out for all Moab;
I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.'”
Jeremiah 48:30-31
1. “‘I know his wrath,’ says the LORD, ‘But it is not right; his lies have made nothing right'”
a) The wrath of Moab.
i) Moab was known for its wrath.
ii) This wrath was vented against Israel again and again.
iii) The LORD commented that this is “not right!”
b) The lies of Moab.
i) Moab refused to admit wrong.
ii) It sought to lie its way out.
iii) His lies did not make anything right.
2. “Therefore I will wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;
I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres”
a) God had to chastise Moab.
i) The LORD expressed deep sadness over Moab’s defeat by the Babylonians.
ii) God does not delight in punishing anyone.
iii) He expressed great sorrow for Moab.
b) Kir Heres
i) This is a city in Moab.
i) It was at the border of Reuben.
iii) Its name suggests “a walled enclosure”.
iv) This was a Moabite stronghold.
v) But it was captured and destroyed by the Babylonians.
vi) The LORD expressed sorrow that such destruction
should come to this city.