Page 1114 - The MacArthur Daily Bible

TN_10_MacArthur_Bible_Oct.qxd 8/8/03 16:59 Page 1095

OCTOBER 31
‘Come, and let us cut her off as a
nation.’
You also shall be cut down,
O Madmen! 48:11,12 This wine-making imagery is vivid.In
The sword shall pursue you; the production of sweet wine, the juice was
A voice of crying shall be from
3 left in a wineskin until the sediment or dregs
Horonaim: settled onto the bottom. Then it was poured
‘Plundering and great destruction!’ into another skin until more dregs were sepa-
rated. This process continued until the dregs
4
“Moab is destroyed; were all removed and a pure, sweet wine
Her little ones have caused a cry to be obtained. Moab was not taken from suffering
heard; to suffering so that her bitter dregs would be
5 For in the Ascent of Luhith they removed through the purging of pain. Thus
ascend with continual weeping; the nation was settled into the thickness and
For in the descent of Horonaim the bitterness of its own sin. Judgment from God
enemies have heard a cry of was coming to smash them.
destruction.
“Flee, save your lives! 14 “How can you say, ‘We are mighty
6
And be like the juniper in the And strong men for the war’?
wilderness. 15
7 Moab is plundered and gone up from
For because you have trusted in your her cities;
works and your treasures, Her chosen young men have gone
You also shall be taken. down to the slaughter,” says the
And Chemosh shall go forth into King,
captivity,
His priests and his princes together. Whose name is the LORD of hosts.
8 And the plunderer shall come against 16 “The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
every city; And his affliction comes quickly.
No one shall escape. 17 Bemoan him, all you who are around
The valley also shall perish, him;
And the plain shall be destroyed, And all you who know his name,
As the LORD has spoken. Say, ‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
“Give wings to Moab,
9
That she may flee and get away; 18 “O daughter inhabiting Dibon,
For her cities shall be desolate, Come down from your glory,
Without any to dwell in them. And sit in thirst;
10 Cursed is he who does the work of the For the plunderer of Moab has come
LORD deceitfully, against you,
And cursed is he who keeps back his He has destroyed your strongholds.
sword from blood. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer,
“Moab has been at ease from his youth;
11 Stand by the way and watch;
He has settled on his dregs, Ask him who flees
And has not been emptied from vessel And her who escapes;
to vessel, Say, ‘What has happened?’
Nor has he gone into captivity. 20 Moab is shamed, for he is broken
Therefore his taste remained in him, down.
And his scent has not changed. Wail and cry!
Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is
12 “Therefore behold, the days are plundered.
coming,” says the LORD,
“That I shall send him wine-workers 21 “And judgment has come on the plain
Who will tip him over country:
And empty his vessels On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
And break the bottles. 22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth
Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, Diblathaim,
13
As the house of Israel was ashamed of 23 On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and
Bethel, their confidence. Beth Meon,

1095