Isaiah 16:13
13 This is the word [dabar] that the LORD [Yahovah]
hath spoken [dabar] concerning Moab [Mow'ab] since that time ['az]. KJV-Interlinear
13 This is the word which the
Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab. NASB
There are two
prophecies herein issued simultaneously.
This first prophecy which we have been studying is related to the end of
human history. And of course no one back
then took Isaiah’s words seriously, just as people ignore them today. So, yet another prophecy, much closer to
their contemporary time and within three years is going to be issued against
Moab in the next verse, and that one will take everyone by surprise.
Isaiah finishes this
future prophecy, with an exclamation mark, stating that this is from God, and
from no other source.
This prophecy is not
from the imagination, not invented for sensationalism, not a publicity stunt in
order to gain membership, but a very real warning to any and all who hear it.
The words come from
God. God spoke these words to Isaiah,
who in turn wrote them down.
Therefore, through
words, God speaks to everyone who hears them or reads them, or even comes by
them second or third hand, or even hearsay, so to speak.
No matter how they
become known, they are from God and no other source.
The words are true,
because God is true. God cannot lie,
cannot deceive, cannot mislead.
Since that time, is a
reference to all prior times when God, through prophets and their spoken or
written words, has given fair warning to any and all, regarding the repercussions
of rejecting God.
Since God is truth,
then rejecting God means rejecting truth.
Rejecting truth means
accepting lies, the lies of the world, or Satan’s cosmos as it is often times
called.
And this principle
applies to the entire content of the Bible.
Many people take it
lightly and with little regard, because they do not see the repercussions of a
failed spiritual life. Moab was indifferent
back them and they paid the heavy price in destruction and death for that indifference.
They will again pay the
price in the future, as will the rest of the world, because of indifference or
apathy toward doctrine.
Don’t be counted among
those who are destined to fail.
