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Isaiah 
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Day 120

"The oppressors are consumed out of the land"

Text: Isaiah 16:4

A RAY OF HOPE FOR MOAB

Good counsel was given to Moab even though it was being severely chastised. If Moab were to be given another chance by God, would the nation seize the opportunity?

“Take counsel, execute judgment;
Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day;
Hide the outcasts,
Do not betray him who escapes.
Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab;
Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler.
For the extortioner is at an end,
Devastation ceases,
The oppressors are consumed out of the land.
In mercy the throne will be established;
And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David,
Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”
Isaiah 16:3-5

1. Would Moab do the following things?

a) Would the people take counsel and give righteous judgment?

b) Would Moab hide people who are “outcasts”?

c) Would they protect them and cover them like the night shadows?

d) Would they stay true and not betray those who seek their help?

2. A specific request from the LORD.

a) Would the outcasts from Judah find a haven and a place to dwell in Moab?

b) Would they offer them shelter and protection from their persecutor?

3. The end would come for:

a) The extortioners.

b) Those who bring devastation.

c) The oppressors.

d) These are the wicked people whom God would punish.

4. The throne that would be established.

a) For those who exercise mercy.

b) God would have His Messiah (the Chosen and Anointed One) to sit on the throne.

c) His goals:

i) To judge and uphold justice.

ii) To bring about righteousness in the land.