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There is a lot of similarity between the prophecy seen here and what we saw for Philistia yesterday – a country in the local area which has been on both the giving and receiving end of various beatings with Judah.
There are, however, differences. Moab is family (established family) of Israel/Judah. And yes, they fight; but Moab is within Abraham’s family. Whilst the line of blessing is that of Isaac, nevertheless, Moab shares the inheritance of Abraham.
But their history with Judah has been characterized by war and dirty tricks,
So God has to find the middle ground between justice and mercy, which isn’t easy to find.
What is interesting here is that when God promises the judgement on Moab, He also promises that one day He will “put things right in Moab.”
God is not willing that ANY should perish, including old enemies!
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