旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第16章

Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of the Daughter of Zion.
Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
"Give us counsel, render a decision. Make your shadow like night--at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.
Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer." The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it--one from the house of David--one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
We have heard of Moab's pride--her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and her insolence--but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the men of Kir Hareseth.
The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.
So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.
My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.
This is the word the LORD has already spoken concerning Moab.
But now the LORD says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
以赛亚书第十六章   赛 16 章 > 对一向与犹大为敌的摩押人,先知的态度为何如此悲悯? 

  16 章 在亚述人的攻击下,摩押难民逃往南方的以东的西拉。绝望中的摩押人向耶路撒冷献羊羔作贡品,以求犹大的保护。耶路撒冷将是他们一时的避难所。以赛亚建议犹大收容这些难民,表示对被洗劫的敌人的同情。 

  赛 16:10> 摩押以盛产葡萄闻名── 

  16:10 收摘葡萄,踹酒(光着脚踩葡萄,挤出汁来)是丰收季节中的高潮。这是葡萄园中最快乐的时候,但这欢乐很快就要结束,因为骄傲的人们忽视神并反抗神。 

  赛 16:12> 摩押人寻求偶像的庇护,结果却…… 

  16:12 当摩押百姓经历了神的愤怒,他们便去寻找自己的偶像和神,结果一场空,因为没有人去救他们。我们以自己的方式去逃避每一天所遇到的困难,其结果也是一样的:没有欢喜,没有盼望,即使人为地造一个宗教也不能拯救我们。事实上,我们的希望只能在那惟一能听见和帮助我们的神里面。 

  赛 16:13-14> 摩押真的被占,预言真的应验了!