Moab, Israel and Judah had a rocky history with one another. Technically, they were related
as Moab was a descendant of Lot and his daughter, who were Abraham’s nephew and great
niece. Moab lived east of the Dead Sea, on today’s map, that ancient land is now owned by the nation of Jordan. During the wilderness wandering period, Israel came up against a Moabite king who wanted to curse them. In Numbers 22, we learn how the king hired the prophet Balaam to curse Israel, and when he could not, how Balaam advised the Moabites to ensnare Israel through marriages that would require them to worship Moab’s god. Therefore, Israel would break their covenant with God. In so doing, Moab would get Israel to curse themselves. Later, we read how the Israelite tribe of Reuben displaced the northern Moabites and took their land. By the time of Isaiah, the rocky history had continued and we read how the Moabites will be judged by God as a result of their hate for Israel.
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Judah Needs Helpo; Isaiah 18-21
When we face crisis, we often look for solutions that have worked for us before. Many times,
these are practical and things we can physically do. We see the same tendency in Judah when
she faced the oncoming rage of the Assyrians; she looked to Egypt, a promising ally. The
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The Assyrian Threat
The ancient Middle East was devastated by the power of Assyria. Assyria became an empire
as it conquered city after city and nation after nation. Isaiah, chapter 23, covers how the
celebrated cities of Tyre and Sidon responded to Assyria and what happened to them. Even
in Judah there was tremendo... -
Trouble Coming; Isaiah 30-32
In the time of the future millennial Kingdom, everything will be different. Jesus Christ will reign
in the flesh, and the principles of right and wrong will be made clear. Isaiah 32 speaks about
that time. It’s still amazing to me that a prophet, generations before the birth of Christ, still
spea...
