Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Genesis 19:37
And t
he firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Origin of the Moabites, Ammonites as well
- The Moabites were one of the three main tribes Israel always fought(Moab, Ammon, Edom-Esau)
- The field of Moab (Hadad the son Bedad smote Midian there)
- Worshiped Chemosh (the destroyer, the subduer, fish god)
- This house Chemosh was, to them, the counterpart to the God of Bethel(Jeremiah 48:13) Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
- Worshipped Ball-Peor (of the mountain of Peor)
- There was the field of Moab
- There was the plains of Moab
- There was the wilderness before Moab
- There was Arnon in Moab, which borders Ammon
- Mt. Pisgah is there
- Ar of Moab was the capital
- Balak, king of the Moabites, and Balaam
- Edom's men were called the mighty men of Moab
- A chief or prince, royalty
- Israel adopted their religion, took their daughters
- Judges 21-25 has a lot on Moab
- God spoke to Moses there (Numbers 35) about the cities of refuge
- Moses declared the law in Deuteronomy in Moab
- God told Moses not to contend with them, because He would not give them the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 2:9)
- Moab was afraid of Israel, as she encircled to get into the Land
- Moabites were forbidden to enter into the congregation of Israel
- Moses died and was buried by God, secretly, in Moab
- Israel served Eglon king of Moab 18 years, until Ehud slew him
- Moab refused Israel passage in Judges 11:17
- Ruth was a Moabitess
- Israel fell captive to them again in 1 Samuel 12
- King David smote them and made them servants to Israel
- Balak wanted them gone and asked Balaam to curse them
- Balaam instead gave a Messianic Prophecy (Numbers 24:17)
- Moab was to be given to Lot's descendants, not a land to Israel (Deuteronomy 2:9)
- Ehud the left-handed Benjamite Israelite killed Eglon the fat king of Moab
- The Moabites were constantly a thorn in the side of Israel through the reigns of Saul and David, and after Solomon
- David sought refuge from Saul of the king of Moab (1 Samuel 22:3)
- David later smote the Moabites and the Philistines and made the Moabites bond servants(2 Samuel 8:2)
- Some of the women Solomon loved were Moabites, and he built a high place for their god Chemosh
- Elisha and Jehosaphat, king of Edom battled them with the deception of sunrise-colored, red water, making the king think it was a battle that turned them upon themselves, for the spoil (2 Kings 3)
- Pahathmoab is a title for "Governor of Moab in Ezra, Nehemiah
- Moab was spoken of in Isaiah through Jeremiah unto Zephaniah
- Moab is present day Jordan, still called that today by God
Isaiah 15:1
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;
- Moab is today Jordan
- Ar is the coast of Moab
- Kir (fortress, stronghold) is probably Petra, in the Tribulation
Isaiah 15:2
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.
- Shaving of heads is a sign of mourning
- Who has beards today? Muslim men
- Bajith and Dibon, north
- Bajith was a high place dedicated to the national Moabite god chemosh
Isaiah 15:3
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.
- More mourning (sackcloth), publicly, universally, widespread and in the open
Isaiah 15:4
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.
- Two cities of the north, Jahaz to the south
Isaiah 15:5
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.
- Zoar is to the South and west, bottom of Dead Sea
Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- South end of the Dead Sea, perhaps
- Means either "pure" or "wholesome" water, or "leopard"
- Associated with Zoar and Horonaim
Jeremiah 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Genesis 15:9
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Isaiah 15:7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
- In addition to the death and destruction, there is the plundering
Isaiah 15:8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
- Wailing for the judgment by God
Isaiah 15:9For 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.