Concerning Moav

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1. Yeshayahu 15-16

   Matan Al HaPerek

   Rabbi David Sabato

   Perek 15-16 details Yeshayahu’s prophecy regarding Moav. His pronouncement opens with a prediction of  Moav’s destruction, however most of  the prophecy is devoted to a description of  the great mourning left in its wake (15:1-9). Scattered throughout this section are the names of  Moav’s main cities.  The second half  of  the prophecy (16:1-5) describes the pleas of  Moabite refugees seeking refuge in Israel. In the third section (16:6-12), Yeshayahu vividly describes the destroyed fields and vineyards of  Moav as well as the destruction of  its temples and high places (bamot). In the final pesukim of  the prophecy (13-14), Yeshayahu reveals that there are only three years left until the arrival of  Moav’s destruction.

2. Prophecies Concerning the Nations

   Dr. Tova Ganzel

   The prevailing perception in the Ancient East was that kings were emissaries of the gods or even gods themselves, and that every nation had its own god that ensured its victor in war. The prophet counters this perception by gathering all the prophecies about the nations into a single collection. This emphasizes that God, Lord of the entire world, decides the fate of each and every nation.

   These chapters in Yehezkel, unlike the prophecies addressed to other nations by other prophets, make scant mention of Israel’s redemption.

   In Chapter 25, Yehezkel conveys brief prophecies concerning Ammon, Moav, Edom and the Pelishtim, each of which has a lengthy historical relationship with Israel. These prophecies share a uniform structure.

   The transition between the first and second parts of the book is indirectly shown here through the content of the prophecy to Ammon, In response to their joy over the desecration of the Temple and the desolation of the land and the exile, Yehezkel prophesies their disappearance and annihilation.