Revlation : Isaiah
Isaiah is a call to repentance. Only through repentance can we stand in the presence of God.
This call was not heard, and as a result, the Israelites were destroyed as a nation and sent into exile in Babylon.
Later their is a prophecy of restoration. Yet how can a dead nation come to life? How can a scattered and defeated nation be restored? How can sin be atoned for? How can God be just without destroying us?
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
ISAIAH 15:1
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
ISAIAH 15:2
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
ISAIAH 15:3
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
ISAIAH 15:4
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
ISAIAH 15:5
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
ISAIAH 15:6
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
ISAIAH 15:7
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
ISAIAH 15:8
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
ISAIAH 15:9