# 16 2025 Dev. Isa.15:5. “Accountable to God!” Read all of chapter fifteen first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with. This is God’s Story. Do you believe that this may also be part of our story, in our time? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Isa.15:5 “My heart cries out over Moab;her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.”
Isaiah 15 is a prophecy against Moab that continues in Ch. 16. There is no escaping God’s justice. That continues to this day, God, not man executes justice in this world.
Vs.1-5 “Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!” Two main cities in Moab are destroyed, unexpectedly it seems, by God’s design. These five verses are a lament pointing out what is about to happen. The Moabites were close relatives of the Israelites, Lot, the ancestor of the Moabites, is Abraham’s nephew. But the Moabite women led some of the men of Israel astray, at their sacrifices to their god Baal, that included sexual activity.
Vs.6-9 “The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.” This is a simile of complete destruction of the land and the people; “The waters of Dimon”, a word play on the city Dibon, “are full of blood”. Dibon is near the river Arnon. God brought the Babylonians on this whole area including Judah. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the other ten tribes in Samaria were taken away by the Assyrians. Those tribes are lost in terms of identification. Judah was punished as well but by the grace of God, were allowed to come back to the land after 70 years. We know why we are celebrating that this week. Jesus was born, lived and died for the sins of the whole world. We turn to the New Test. 1 Jn.2:1-2 “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” Thanks be to God, have a blessed Easter!
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