Глава 16

1–8. “The food stone is empty, is there a mountain for the daughter of Sioni?” (Isa.16:1) That is. deprived of help. No, but during the siege of the pagan troops she will find help. “For a wandering bird thrown out of its nest will be like the daughter of Moab at the fords of Arnon. Draw up a council, make a decision”, about nothing else, but: “cover us in the middle of the day as at night with your shadow, cover the exiled, do not hand over those who wander” (Is. 16: 2-3). Due to the danger, their light will turn into darkness, therefore the prophet adds: “Let my exiled Moabites live with you” (Is. 16:4). Arnon, the fortified city, will not save any of the Moabites. “As if your help was abandoned,” he says, “the prince will perish, trample from the ground” 111: these cities were conquered along with the princes. “And the throne will be established by mercy, and a judge will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, seeking righteousness and pursuing justice” (Is. 16:5). Here, it seems to me, Hezekiah is pointed out, since through his prayer the city received mercy. “We have heard about the pride of Moab, excessive pride, about his arrogance and arrogance and his fury: his speech is insincere” (Is. 16:6), says the Lord, and his hatred: the Moabites always hated the Israelites. “This is not your sorcery, not this” 112: what happened to you is not as your sorcery deceived you, saying that the wrath (of the Lord) would not prevail over you. In Moab, they don’t seem to cry, once there was crying there, but now “Moab will weep for Moab, everyone will weep... The fields of Heshbon have become impoverished” (Isa. 16:7, 8): due to extreme disaster, even the terrible devastation of the fields will not be considered a shame. “Likewise the vineyard of Sevam; the rulers of the nations have destroyed its best vines”: the fields and vines will be trampled under foot by many soldiers. “Which reached as far as Jazer,” to Jazer, where you will flee during your flight, but “spread out in the desert,” i.e. they began to wander through the desert. 9–10. “Therefore I also will weep for the vine of Sebom with the weeping of Jazer” (Isaiah 16:9): these were the fields of the Moabites. “I will water you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealah; for in the time of thy grapes and in thy harvest there is no more loud joy. Joy and rejoicing have disappeared from the fruitful land, and there is no singing or rejoicing in the vineyards; the vinedresser does not trample the grapes in the winepress: I have stopped rejoicing” (Is. 16:9–10), i.e. Due to the decrease in people, even the fields and vineyards will be barren. 11. “Therefore my bowels groan for Moab like a harp, and my heart for Kircharesheth” (Isaiah 16:11). Likewise, Jeremiah says: “The word of the Lord was in my mouth like fire, and burned in my bones” (cf. Jeremiah 5:14), and Micah: “I am filled with the power of the Spirit of the Lord” (cf. Mic. 3:8). They themselves hastened, first of all, to announce to everyone that the hearts of the prophets were inspired by the grace of the Holy Spirit. 12. “And it will be to your shame” (Is. 16:12) 113: he, he says, is put to shame for the sake of the idols in which he placed his hope, why he adds: “Although Moab will appear, and will labor on the high places until he is tired, and will come to his sanctuary to pray, but nothing will help,” so they realize that there is no help from anyone, only from the One who guarded Jerusalem and destroyed it. 13–14. “This is the word that the Lord spoke about Moab long ago. Now this is what the Lord says: in three years, counting the years of mercenaries, the greatness of Moab will be humbled with all its great multitude” (Is. 16:13-14). The prophet once spoke about other disasters, but now he announces this too: after three years the glory of Moab will be dishonored, “and the remnant will be very small and insignificant.” These words are not in the Russian translation. You might be interested in: