以賽亞書15:1-9

15:1 論摩押的默示：一夜之間，摩押的亞珥變為荒廢，歸於無有；一夜之間，摩押的基珥變為荒廢，歸於無有。
15:2 他們上巴益，又往底本，到高處去哭泣。摩押人因尼波和米底巴哀號，各人頭上光禿，鬍鬚剃淨。
15:3 他們在街市上都腰束麻布，在房頂上和寬闊處俱各哀號，眼淚汪汪。
15:4 希實本和以利亞利悲哀的聲音達到雅雜，所以摩押帶兵器的高聲喊嚷，人心戰兢。
15:5 我心為摩押悲哀；他的貴冑（或譯：逃民）逃到瑣珥，到伊基拉‧施利施亞。他們上魯希坡，隨走隨哭；在何羅念的路上，因毀滅舉起哀聲。
15:6 因為寧林的水成為乾涸，青草枯乾，嫩草滅沒，青綠之物，一無所有。
15:7 因此，摩押人所得的財物和所積蓄的都要運過柳樹河。
15:8 哀聲遍聞摩押的四境；哀號的聲音達到以基蓮；哀號的聲音達到比珥‧以琳。
15:9 底們的水充滿了血；我還要加增底們的災難，叫獅子來追上摩押逃脫的民和那地上所餘剩的人。

An oracle concerning Moab.

 

Because Ar is laid waste in a night,

Moab is undone;

because Kir is laid waste in a night,

Moab is undone.

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Dibon has gone up to the temple,

to the high places to weep;

over Nebo and over Medeba

Moab wails.

On every head is baldness,

every beard is shorn;

3

in the streets they bind on sackcloth;

on the housetops and in the squares

everyone wails and melts in tears.

4

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,

their voices are heard as far as Jahaz;

therefore the loins of Moab quiver;

his soul trembles.

5

My heart cries out for Moab;

his fugitives flee to Zoar,

to Eglath-shelishiyah.

For at the ascent of Luhith

they go up weeping;

on the road to Horonaim

they raise a cry of destruction;

6

the waters of Nimrim

are a desolation;

the grass is withered, the new growth fails,

the verdure is no more.

7

Therefore the abundance they have gained

and what they have laid up

they carry away

over the Wadi of the Willows.

8

For a cry has gone

around the land of Moab;

the wailing reaches to Eglaim,

the wailing reaches to Beer-elim.

9

For the waters of Dibon are full of blood;

yet I will bring upon Dibon even more—

a lion for those of Moab who escape,

for the remnant of the land.

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    先知以賽亞將上帝對摩押的默示宣告出來。「默示」有一個翻譯稱為「神諭」，是比較貼切的翻譯，也就是上帝對摩押說出的話，使人感受到上帝對摩押的審判與心意。

    摩押是羅得的後代，是亂倫產生的！在出埃及的時候，他們還請巴蘭先知來咒詛以色列。可見他們的心思意念上，是討厭以色列的。也因此，在上帝藉由亞述和巴比倫審判列國時，他們也是逃不掉的！

    在這樣的宣告中，我們體會到上帝對以色列的愛意，對以色列好的國家就蒙賜福，不好的國家就得懲罰。也同樣，對基督徒好的人，就蒙上帝的恩惠，不好得就受到責罰。也因此，我們要為逼迫我們的人禱告，免得他們受到上帝的咒詛而沉淪！