April 10, 2025

Isaiah continues with the prophecy against Moab and tells that the prophecy will happen within three years. During David’s kingship, he made Moab tributaries and servants. Isaiah tells them to pay King Hezekiah tribute by gathering lambs from all over Moab. I can’t help but notice that this tribute resembles tariffs levied on other countries. 

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Isaiah 16:1

Moab was to reverse all their unrighteous decrees against Israel, and as a token of their repentance, they were to oblige them. God was about to come down hard on Moab for taking advantage of His people, and there would be crying all over the land because of their unfairness. This section of scripture is a word of caution for people who oppress God’s children; He doesn’t take kindly to such behavior and will make such people pay for any damage they do to them. God is fair, and we can count on Him to bring about His justice. Anyone who doesn’t fear God will end up fearing everything else.

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. Isaiah 16:13-14