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The Judgment of Moab. . 1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD , that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab's destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel ( Jeremiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 48:1 ), who will herein plead the cause of his Israel against a people that have always been vexatious to them, and will punish them now for the injuries done to Israel of old, though Israel was forbidden to meddle with them ( Deuteronomy 2:9 ), therefore the destruction of Moab is called the work of the Lord ( Jeremiah 48:10 ; Jeremiah 48:10 ), for it is he that pleads for Israel; and his work will exactly agree with his word, Jeremiah 48:8 ; Jeremiah 48:8 . II. The instruments of it: Spoilers shall come ( Jeremiah 48:8 ; Jeremiah 48:8 ), shall come with a sword, a sword that shall pursue them, Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:2 . " I will send unto him wanderers, such as come from afar, as if they were vagrants, or had missed their way, but they shall cause him to wander; they seem as wanderers themselves, but they shall make the Moabites to be really wanderers, some to flee and others to be carried into captivity." These destroyers stir up themselves to do execution; they have devised evil against Heshbon, one of the principal cities of Moab, and they aim at no less than the ruin of the kingdom: Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation ( Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:2 ); nothing less will serve the turn of the invaders; they come, not to plunder it, but to ruin it. The prophet, in God's name, engages them to make thorough work of it ( Jeremiah 48:10 ; Jeremiah 48:10 ): Cursed be he that does the work of the Lord deceitfully, this bloody work, this destroying work; though it goes against the grain with men of compassion, yet it is the work of the Lord, and must not be done by the halves. The Chaldeans have it in charge, by a secret instinct (says Mr. Gataker), to destroy the Moabites, and therefore they must not spare, must not, out of foolish pity, keep back their sword from blood; they would thereby bring a sword, and a curse with it, upon themselves, as Saul did by sparing the Amalekites and Ahab by letting Benhadad go. Thy life shall go for his life. To this work is applied that general rule given to all that are employed in any service for God, Cursed by he that does the work of the Lord deceitfully or negligently, that pretends to do it, but does it not to purpose, makes a show of serving God's glory, but is really serving his own ends and carries on the work of the Lord no further than will suit his own purposes, or that is slothful in business for God and takes neither care nor pains to do it as it should be done, Malachi 1:14 . Let not such deceive themselves, for God will not thus be mocked. III. The woeful instances and effects of this destruction. The cities shall be laid in ruins; they shall be spoiled ( Jeremiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 48:1 ) and cut down ( Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:2 ); they shall be desolate ( Jeremiah 48:9 ; Jeremiah 48:9 ), without any to dwell therein; there shall be no houses to dwell in, or no people to dwell in them, or no safety and ease to those that would dwell in them. Every city shall be spoiled and no city shall escape. The strongest city shall not be able to secure itself against the enemies' power, nor shall the finest city be able to recommend itself to the enemies' pity and favour. The country also shall be wasted, the valley shall perish, and the plain be destroyed, Jeremiah 48:8 ; Jeremiah 48:8 . The corn and the flocks, which used to cover the plains and make the valleys rejoice, shall all be destroyed, eaten up, trodden down, or carried off. The most sacred persons shall not escape: The priests and princes shall go together into captivity. Nay, Chemosh, the god they worship, who, they hope, will protect them, shall share with them in the ruin; his temples shall be laid in ashes and his image carried away with the rest of the spoil. Now the consequence of all this will be, 1. Great shame and confusion: Kirjathaim is confounded, and Misgah is so. They shall be ashamed of the mighty boasts they have sometimes made of their cities: There shall be no more vaunting in Moab concerning Heshbon (so it might be read, Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:2 ); they shall no more boast of the strength of that city when the evil which is designed against it is brought upon it. Nor shall they any more boast of their gods ( Jeremiah 48:13 ; Jeremiah 48:13 ); they shall be ashamed of Chemosh (ashamed of all the prayers they have made to and all the confidence they put in that dunghill deity), as Israel was ashamed of Beth-el, of the golden calf they had at Beth-el, which they confided in as their protector, but were deceived in, for it was not able to save them from the Assyrians; nor shall Chemosh be able to save the Moabites from the Chaldeans. Note, Those that will not be convinced and made ashamed of the folly of their idolatry by the word of God shall be convinced and made ashamed of it by the judgments of God, when they shall find by woeful experience the utter inability of the gods they have served to do them any service. 2. There will be great sorrow; there is a voice of crying heard ( Jeremiah 48:3 ; Jeremiah 48:3 ) and the cry is nothing but spoiling and great destruction. Alas! alas! Moab is destroyed, Jeremiah 48:4 ; Jeremiah 48:4 . The great ones having quitted the cities to shift for their own safety, even the little ones have caused a cry to be heard, the meaner sort of people, or the little children, the innocent harmless ones, whose cries at such a time are the most piteous. Go up to the hills, go down to the valleys, and you meet with continual weeping (weeping with weeping ); all are in tears; you meet none with dry eyes. Even the enemies have heard the cry, from whom it would have been policy to conceal it, for they will be animated and encouraged by it; but it is so great that it cannot be hid, 3. There will be great hurry; they will cry to one another, "Away, away! flee; save your lives ( Jeremiah 48:6 ; Jeremiah 48:6 ); shift for your own safety with all imaginable speed, though you escape as bare and naked as the heath, or grig, or dry shrub, in the wilderness; think not of carrying away any thing you have, for it may cost you your life to attempt it, Matthew 24:16-18 . Take shelter, though it be in a barren wilderness, that you may have your lives for a prey. The danger will come suddenly and swiftly; and therefore give wings unto Moab ( Jeremiah 48:9 ; Jeremiah 48:9 ); that would be the greatest kindness you could do them; that is what they will call for, O that we had wings like a dove! for unless they have wings, and can fly, there will be no escaping." IV. The sins for which God will now reckon with Moab, and which justify God in these severe proceedings against them. 1. It is because they have been secure, and have trusted in their wealth and strength, in their works and in their treasures, Jeremiah 48:7 ; Jeremiah 48:7 . They had taken a great deal of pains to fortify their cities and make large works about them, and to fill their exchequer and private coffers, so that they thought themselves in as good a posture for war as any people could be and that none durst invade them, and therefore set danger at defiance. They trusted in the abundance of their riches and strengthened themselves in their wickedness, Psalms 52:7 . Now, for this reason, that they may have a sensible conviction of the vanity and folly of their carnal confidences, God will send an enemy that will master their works and rifle their treasures. Note, We forfeit the comfort of that creature which we repose that confidence in which should be reposed in God only. The reed will break that is leaned upon. 2. It is because they have not made a right improvement of the days of the peace and prosperity, Jeremiah 48:11 ; Jeremiah 48:11 . (1.) They had been long undisturbed: Moab has been at ease from his youth. It was an ancient kingdom before Israel was, and had enjoyed great tranquillity, though a small country and surrounded with potent neighbours. God's Israel were afflicted from their youth ( Psalms 129:1 ; Psalms 129:2 ), but Moab at ease from his youth. He has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, has not known any troublesome weakening changes, but is as wine kept on the lees, and not racked or drawn off, by which it retains its strength and body. He has not been unsettled, nor any way made uneasy; he has not gone into captivity, as Israel have often done, and yet Moab is a wicked idolatrous nation, and one of the confederates against God's hidden ones, Psalms 83:3 ; Psalms 83:6 . Note, There are many that persist in unrepented iniquity and yet enjoy uninterrupted prosperity. (2.) They had been as long corrupt and unreformed: He has settled on his lees; he has been secure and sensual in his prosperity, has rested in it, and fetched all the strength and life of the soul from it, as the wine from the lees. His taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed; he is still the same, as bad as ever he was. Note, While bad people are as happy as they used to be in the world it is no marvel if they are bad as they used to be. 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**모압의 심판 — 멸망의 선포**

> 이스라엘의 하나님 만군의 여호와께서 모압에 대해 이렇게 말씀하신다. "느보에게 화가 있도다. 그것이 황폐하게 되었다. 기랏다임은 수치를 당하고 점령되었다. 미스갑은 수치와 공포에 휩싸였다."(1절) "모압의 영광은 더 이상 없다. 헤스본에서 그들이 모압을 해칠 계략을 꾸민다. '오라, 우리가 그것을 민족으로서 끊어 버리자.' 마드멘아, 너도 베임을 당하리라. 칼이 너를 쫓는다."(2절)

이 단락에서 우리는 다음 사항들을 살펴볼 수 있다.

**I. 모압 멸망의 주체**는 이스라엘의 하나님 만군의 여호와이시다(1절). 하나님께서는 모든 군대를 지휘하시는 분이다. 하나님께서는 이스라엘에게 항상 해를 끼쳐 온 이 민족을 징벌하심으로써 이스라엘의 편을 드신다. 이스라엘이 모압을 침범하는 것은 금지되어 있었지만(신명기 2:9), 그럼에도 모압의 멸망은 '여호와의 일'이라 불린다(10절). 하나님께서 이스라엘을 위해 싸우시기 때문이다. 하나님의 일은 그분의 말씀과 정확히 일치할 것이다(8절).

**II. 멸망의 도구**는 침략자들이다(8절). 그들은 칼을 들고 쳐들어와 모압을 추격한다(2절). "내가 방랑자들을 그에게 보낼 것이다. 멀리서 떠돌이처럼 온 것 같지만, 그들이 모압 사람들을 진짜 방랑자로 만들 것이다." 이 파괴자들은 스스로 분발하여 심판을 집행한다. 그들은 헤스본, 모압의 주요 성읍 중 하나를 무너뜨리려 계획한다. "오라, 우리가 그것을 민족으로서 끊어 버리자"(2절)—그들은 약탈만이 아니라 완전한 파멸을 목표로 한다. 선지자는 하나님의 이름으로 이 일을 철저히 수행하도록 촉구한다(10절): "여호와의 일을 게으르게 하는 자는 저주를 받을 것이다. 자기 칼을 피에서 멀리하는 자도 저주를 받을 것이다." 갈대아인들은 모압을 멸망시키라는 비밀스러운 사명을 부여받았으니, 그들은 사울이 아말렉인들을 살려두었을 때와 아합이 벤하닷을 놓아줄 때처럼 어리석은 동정심에서 칼을 거두어서는 안 된다. 이는 하나님을 섬기는 일에 종사하는 모든 이들에게 적용되는 일반적인 원칙이다: "여호와의 일을 게으르게 하는 자는 저주를 받는다"(말라기 1:14). 하나님은 이렇게 조롱당하지 않으신다.

**III. 이 멸망의 비참한 결과들**을 살펴보자. 성읍들이 폐허가 될 것이다(1~2절). 황폐해지고(9절) 거기에 살 사람도 없게 될 것이다. "모든 성읍이 황폐해지고 어느 성읍도 피하지 못한다." 가장 견고한 성읍도 원수의 힘을 막지 못하고, 가장 아름다운 성읍도 원수의 동정을 얻지 못한다. 온 땅도 황폐해진다(8절). 들판을 뒤덮던 곡식과 가축들이 모두 파괴되거나 짓밟히거나 약탈될 것이다. 가장 신성한 존재들도 피하지 못한다: 제사장들과 왕족들도 함께 포로로 끌려간다. 심지어 그들이 숭배하는 신 그모스도 그들과 함께 멸망할 것이다. 그 신전은 재로 변하고 우상은 전리품으로 끌려간다. 이 결과는 다음과 같다.

1. **큰 수치와 혼란**이 올 것이다. 기랏다임이 수치를 당하고 미스가브가 그러하다. 헤스본의 그 강한 성읍에 대해 더 이상 자랑하지 못할 것이다(2절). 그들의 신에 대해서도 더 이상 자랑하지 못한다(13절). 이스라엘이 벧엘의 금송아지를 의지했다가 그것이 구원하지 못함을 깨달았을 때 부끄러웠던 것처럼, 그들은 그모스를 부끄러워하게 될 것이다. 그모스도 갈대아인들로부터 모압을 구하지 못한다. 하나님의 말씀으로 우상 숭배의 어리석음을 깨닫지 못한 자들은 하나님의 심판으로 깨닫게 될 것이다.

2. **큰 슬픔**이 올 것이다. 울부짖는 소리가 들릴 것이고(3절), 그 부르짖음은 오직 황폐함과 큰 멸망뿐이다. "아, 슬프다! 모압이 멸망하였다"(4절). 귀인들이 도망쳤으니 이제 어린 자들의 울음소리까지 들린다. 언덕으로 올라가도 골짜기로 내려가도 계속되는 눈물만 있다. 원수들조차 그 소리를 들었으니, 너무나 커서 숨길 수 없다.

3. **큰 혼란**이 올 것이다. 서로 외칠 것이다. "도망하라, 목숨을 건져라! 광야의 관목처럼 헐벗게 되더라도 도망하라"(6절). 아무것도 가지고 도망치려 하지 말라. "모압에게 날개를 주어라, 그래야 그가 날아서 피할 수 있다"(9절). 날개가 없이는 피할 수 없다.

**IV. 하나님께서 이제 모압에게 책임을 물으시는 죄들**을 살펴보자.

1. 그들이 자신의 부요함과 힘, 즉 자신들의 업적과 보물을 의지했기 때문이다(7절). 성읍들을 강화하고 금고를 채우는 데 공을 들였다. "그들은 재물의 풍성함을 의지하고 그 악함 중에 스스로 강하게 하였다"(시편 52:7). 하나님께서 그들이 의지하는 것의 허망함을 깨닫도록, 그 요새를 무너뜨리고 보물을 약탈할 원수를 보내신다. 오직 하나님께만 두어야 할 신뢰를 다른 것에 두면 그것을 잃게 된다. 의지한 갈대는 부러지게 마련이다.

2. 평화와 번영의 시절을 올바르게 활용하지 않았기 때문이다(11절). (1) 그들은 오랫동안 방해받지 않았다: "모압은 젊어서부터 태평하였다." 이스라엘이 젊어서부터 괴로움을 당한 것과 달리(시편 129:1~2), 모압은 젊어서부터 태평하였다. 그는 그릇에서 그릇으로 옮겨지지 않았으며, 술지게미 위에 가만히 앉혀진 포도주처럼 그 힘과 풍미가 유지되었다. 그는 포로로 끌려간 적이 없었다. 그럼에도 모압은 악하고 우상을 섬기는 나라요, 하나님의 백성을 대적하는 자들의 동맹이었다(시편 83:3, 6). 악한 사람들이 회개하지 않고도 번성을 누리는 경우가 있다. (2) 그들은 오래도록 부패하고 개혁되지 않은 채 있었다: "그는 자신의 술지게미 위에 가만히 앉아 있었다." 번영 속에서 안일하고 세속적으로 살았다. "그 맛이 그 안에 있고 그 향기가 변하지 않았다." 그는 여전히 예전과 똑같이 나쁘다. 평화와 번영이 변하지 않으면 사람들이 변하지 않는 것은 당연하다. "그들은 변하는 것이 없으니 여호와를 두려워하지 않는다"(시편 55:19).

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J E R E M I A H. CHAP. XLVIII. Moab is next set to the bar before Jeremiah the prophet, whom God has constituted judge over nations and kingdoms, from his mouth to receive its doom. Isaiah's predictions concerning Moab had had their accomplishment (we had the predictions Isaiah 15:1-16 and the like Amos 2:1 ), and they were fulfilled when the Assyrians, under Salmanassar, invaded and distressed Moab. But this is a prophecy of the desolations of Moab by the Chaldeans, which were accomplished under Nebuzaradan, about five years after he had destroyed Jerusalem. Here is, I. The destruction foretold, that it should be great and general, should extend itself to all parts of the country ( Jeremiah 48:1-6 ; Jeremiah 48:8 , and again Jeremiah 48:21-25 ; Jeremiah 48:34 ), that spoilers should come upon them and force some to flee ( Jeremiah 48:9 ), should carry many into captivity ( Jeremiah 48:12 ; Jeremiah 48:46 ), that the enemy should come shortly ( Jeremiah 48:16 ), come swiftly and surprise them ( Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 48:41 ), that he should make thorough work ( Jeremiah 48:10 ) and lay the country quite waste, though it was very strong ( Jeremiah 48:14 ; Jeremiah 48:15 ), that there should be no escaping ( Jeremiah 48:42 ; Jeremiah 48:45 ), that this should force them to quit their idols ( Jeremiah 48:13 ; Jeremiah 48:35 ) and put an end to all their joy ( Jeremiah 48:33 ; Jeremiah 48:34 ), that their neighbours shall lament them ( Jeremiah 48:17-19 ) and the prophet himself does ( Jeremiah 48:31 ; Jeremiah 48:36 , c.). II. The causes of this destruction assigned it was sin that brought this ruin upon them, their pride, and security, and carnal confidence ( Jeremiah 48:7 ; Jeremiah 48:11 ; Jeremiah 48:14 ; Jeremiah 48:29 ), and their contempt of and enmity to God and his people, Jeremiah 48:26 ; Jeremiah 48:27 ; Jeremiah 48:30 . III. A promise of the restoration of Moab, Jeremiah 48:48 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-13" class="com-number"

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예레미야 앞에는 이제 모압이 세워진다. 하나님께서는 예레미야를 열방과 왕국들 위에 세우신 재판관으로, 그의 입을 통해 판결을 선고하게 하셨다. 이사야가 모압에 대해 예언했던 것들(이사야 15:1~16과 아모스 2:1에 기록된 예언들)은 이미 이루어진 바 있다. 살만에셀 치하의 앗시리아가 침략해 모압을 괴롭혔을 때 그 예언들이 성취되었다. 그런데 이 본문은 갈대아인들에 의한 모압의 황폐화에 관한 예언으로, 느부사라단이 예루살렘을 멸망시킨 지 약 5년 후에 성취되었다.

이 장에는 크게 세 가지 내용이 담겨 있다.

첫째, 예고된 멸망이다. 그 멸망은 크고 전면적이어서 온 국토에 미친다(1~6절, 8절, 21~25절, 34절). 침략자들이 일부 사람들을 강제로 도망치게 하고(9절), 많은 이들을 포로로 끌고 가며(12절, 46절), 적이 속히(16절) 신속하게 쳐들어와 기습하고(40~41절), 아무리 강한 나라라도(14~15절) 남김없이 쑥대밭으로 만들며(10절), 피할 곳이 없게 된다(42절, 45절). 이 멸망은 우상을 버릴 수밖에 없게 만들고(13절, 35절) 모든 기쁨을 끝장낸다(33~34절). 이웃 나라들도 통곡하고(17~19절) 선지자 자신도 슬퍼한다(31절, 36절).

둘째, 멸망의 원인이다. 죄가 이 재앙을 불러왔다. 교만과 안일함과 세상적인 의지(7절, 11절, 14절, 29절), 그리고 하나님과 하나님 백성을 향한 경멸과 적대감이 그 원인이다(26~27절, 30절).

셋째, 모압의 회복 약속이다(47절).

원주석

14~47절 카드 ↗

The Judgment of Moab. . 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD . 26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD : Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD ; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as a heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD , him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD . 39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 40 For thus saith the LORD ; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD . 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD . 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD . 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD . Thus far is the judgment of Moab. The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it, but to affect us with the calamitous state of human life, which is liable to such lamentable occurrences, and with the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, when he comes forth to contend with a provoking people. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and meditating on the terror of them, it will be of more use to us to keep this in our eye, and to get our hearts thereby possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to enquire critically into all the lively figures and metaphors here used. I. It is a surprising destruction, and very sudden, that is here threatened. They were very secure, thought themselves strong for war and able to deal with the most powerful enemy ( Jeremiah 48:14 ; Jeremiah 48:14 ), and yet the calamity is near, and he is not able to keep it off, nor so much as to keep the enemy long in parley, for the affliction hastens fast ( Jeremiah 48:16 ; Jeremiah 48:16 ) and will soon come to a crisis. The enemy shall fly as an eagle, so swiftly, so strongly shall he come ( Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 48:40 ), as an eagle flies upon his prey, and he shall spread his wings, the wings of his army, over Moab; he shall surround it, that none may escape. The strong-holds of Moab are taken by surprise ( Jeremiah 48:41 ; Jeremiah 48:41 ), so that all their strength stood them in no stead; and this made the hearts even of their mighty men to fail, for they had not time to recollect the considerations that might have animated them. It requires a more than ordinary degree of courage not to be afraid of sudden fear. II. It is an utter destruction, and such as lays Moab all in ruins: Moab is spoiled ( Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah 48:15 ), quite spoiled, is confounded and broken down ( Jeremiah 48:20 ; Jeremiah 48:20 ); their cities are laid in ashes, or seized by the enemy so that they are forced to quit them, Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah 48:15 . Divers cities are here named, upon which judgment has come, and the list concludes with an et cetera--and such like. What occasion was there for him to mention more particulars when it comes upon all the cities of Moab in general, far and near? Jeremiah 48:21-24 ; Jeremiah 48:21-24 . Note, When iniquity is universal we have reason to expect that calamity should be so too. The kingdom is deprived of its dignity and authority: The horn of Moab is cut off, the horn of its strength and power, both offensive and defensive; his arm is broken, that he can neither give a blow nor prevent a blow, Jeremiah 48:25 ; Jeremiah 48:25 . Is the youth of the kingdom the strength and beauty of it? His chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah 48:15 . They went down to the battle promising themselves that they should return victorious; but God told them that they went down to the slaughter; so sure are those to fall against whom God fights. In a word, Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, Jeremiah 48:42 ; Jeremiah 48:42 . Those that are enemies to God's people will soon be made no people. III. It is a lamentable destruction; it will be just matter of mourning and will turn joy into heaviness. 1. The prophet that foretels it does himself lament it, and mourns at the very foresight of it, from a principle of compassion to his fellow-creatures and concern for human nature. The prophet will himself howl for Moab; his very heart shall mourn for them ( Jeremiah 48:31 ; Jeremiah 48:31 ); he will weep for the vine of Sibmah ( Jeremiah 48:32 ; Jeremiah 48:32 ); his heart shall sound like pipes for Moab, Jeremiah 48:36 ; Jeremiah 48:36 . Though the destruction of Moab would prove him a true prophet, yet he could not think of it without trouble. The ruin of sinners is no pleasure to God, and therefore should be a pain to us; even those that give warning of it should lay it to heart. These passages, and many others in this chapter, are much the same with what Isaiah had used in his prophecies against Moab ( Isaiah 15:16 ); for, though there was a long distance of time between that prophecy and this, yet they were both dictated by one and the same Spirit, and it becomes God's prophets to speak the language of those that went before them. It is no plagiarism sometimes to make use of old expressions, provided it be with new affections and applications. 2. The Moabites themselves shall lament it; it will be the greatest mortification and grief imaginable to them. Those that sat in glory, in the midst of wealth, and mirth, and all manner of pleasure, shall sit in thirst, in a dry and thirsty land, where no water, no comfort is, Jeremiah 48:18 ; Jeremiah 48:18 . It is time for them to sit in thirst, and inure themselves to hardship, when the spoiler has come, who will strip them of all, and empty them. The Moabites in the remote corners of the country, that are furthest from the danger, will be inquisitive to know how the matter goes, what news from the army, will ask every one that escapes, What is done? Jeremiah 48:19 ; Jeremiah 48:19 . And when they are told that all is gone, that the invader is the conqueror, they will howl and cry, in bitterness and anguish of spirit ( Jeremiah 48:20 ; Jeremiah 48:20 ); they will abandon themselves to solitude, to lament the desolations of their country; they will leave the cities that used to be full of mirth, and dwell in the rock where they may have their full of melancholy; they shall no more be singing birds, but mourning birds, like the dove ( Jeremiah 48:28 ; Jeremiah 48:28 ); the doves of the valley, Ezekiel 7:16 . Let those that give themselves up to mirth know that God can soon change their note. Their sorrow shall be so very extreme that they shall make themselves bald and cut themselves ( Jeremiah 48:37 ; Jeremiah 48:37 ), which were expressions of a desperate grief, such as tempted men to be even their own destroyers. Job indeed rent his mantle and shaved his head, but he did not cut himself. When the flood of passion rises ever so high wisdom and grace must set bounds to it, set banks to it, to restrain it from such barbarities. The sorrow shall be universal ( Jeremiah 48:38 ; Jeremiah 48:38 ): There shall be a general lamentation upon all the house-tops of Moab, where they worshipped their idols, to whom they shall in vain bemoan themselves, and in all the streets, where they conversed with one another, for they shall be free in communicating their grief and fears and in propagating them; for they see all lost: " I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, which shall not be regarded and cannot be pieced again." That which Moab used to rejoice in was their pleasant fruits and the abundance of their rich wines. The delights of sense were all the matter of their joy. Take away these, destroy their gardens and vineyards, and you make all their mirth to cease, Hosea 2:11 ; Hosea 2:12 . There is great weeping when their plants are transplanted, have gone over the sea ( Jeremiah 48:32 ; Jeremiah 48:32 ), are carried into other countries, to be planted there. The spoiler has fallen upon thy summer-fruits and upon thy vintage, and it is this that makes the cry of Heshbon to reach even to Elealeh, Jeremiah 48:34 ; Jeremiah 48:34 . Take joy and gladness from the plentiful field, and you take it from the land of Moab, Jeremiah 48:33 ; Jeremiah 48:33 . If the wine fail from the wine-presses, that used to be trodden with acclamations of joy, all their gladness is cut off. Take away that shouting, and there shall be no shouting. Note, Those who make the delights of sense their chief joy, their exceeding joy, since these are things they may easily be deprived of in a little time subject themselves to the tyranny of the greatest grief; whereas those who rejoice in God may do that even when the fig-tree does not blossom and there is no fruit in the vine. These Moabites lost not only their wine, but their water too: Even the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate ( Jeremiah 48:34 ; Jeremiah 48:34 ), and therefore their grief grew extravagantly loud and noisy, and their lamentations were heard in all placed like the lowing of a heifer of three years old. The expressions here are borrowed from Isaiah 15:5 ; Isaiah 15:6 . 3. All their neighbours are called to mourn with them, and to condole with them on their ruin ( Jeremiah 48:17 ; Jeremiah 48:17 ): All you that are about him bemoan him, Let him have that allay to his grief, let him see himself pities by the adjoining countries. Nay, let those at a distance, who do but know his name and have heard of his reputation, take notice of his fall, and say, How is the strong staff broken, whose strength was the terror of its enemies, and the beautiful rod, whose beauty was the pride of its friends! Let the nations take notice of this and receive instruction. Let none be puffed up with or put confidence in their strength or beauty, for neither will be a security against the judgments of God. IV. It is a shameful destruction and such as shall expose them to contempt: Moab is made drunk ( Jeremiah 48:26 ; Jeremiah 48:26 ), and he that is made drunk is made vile; he shall wallow in his vomit, and become an odious spectacle, and shall justly be in derision. Let the Moabites be intoxicated with the cup of God's wrath till they stagger and fall, and be brought to their wits' end, and make themselves ridiculous by the wildness not only of their passions but of their counsels. And again ( Jeremiah 48:39 ; Jeremiah 48:39 ): Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all about him; they shall laugh at the fall of the pomp and power he was so proud of. Note, Those that are haughty are preparing reproach and ignominy for themselves. V. It is the destruction of that which is dear to them, not only of their summer fruits and their vintage, but of their wealth ( Jeremiah 48:36 ; Jeremiah 48:36 ): The riches that he has gotten have perished, though he thought he had laid them up very safely, and promised himself a long enjoyment of them, yet they are gone. Note, The money that is hoarded in the chest is as liable to perishing as the summer-fruits that lie exposed in the open field. Riches are shedding things, and, like dust as they are, slip through our fingers even when we are in most care to hold them fast and gripe them hard. Yet this is not the worst; even those whose religion was false and foolish were fond of it above any thing, and, such as it was, would not part with it; and therefore, though it was really a promise, yet to them it was a threatening ( Jeremiah 48:35 ; Jeremiah 48:35 ), that God will cause to cease him that offers in the high places, for the high places shall be destroyed, and the fields of offerings shall be laid waste, and the priests themselves, who burnt incense to their gods, shall be slain or carried into captivity, Jeremiah 48:7 ; Jeremiah 48:7 . Note, It is only the true religion, and the worship and service of the true God, that will stand us in stead in a day of trouble. VI. It is a just and righteous destruction, and that which they have deserved and brought upon themselves by sin. 1. The sin which they had been most notoriously guilty of, and for which God now reckoned with them, was pride. It is mentioned six times, Jeremiah 48:29 ; Jeremiah 48:29 . We have all heard of the pride of Moab; his neighbours took notice of it; it has testified to his face, as Israel's did; he is exceedingly proud, and grows worse and worse. Observe his loftiness, his arrogancy, his pride, his haughtiness; the multiplying of words to the same purport intimates in how many instances he discovered his pride, and how offensive it was both to God and man. It was charged upon them Isaiah 16:6 , but here it is expressed more largely that there. Since then they had been under humbling providences, and yet were unhumbled; nay, they grew more arrogant and haughty, which plainly marked them for that utter destruction of which pride is the forerunner. Two instances are here given of the pride of Moab:-- (1.) He had conducted himself insolently towards God. He must be brought down with shame ( Jeremiah 48:26 ; Jeremiah 48:26 ), for he has magnified himself against the Lord; and again ( Jeremiah 48:42 ; Jeremiah 48:42 ), he shall be destroyed from being a people, for this very reason. The Moabites preferred Chemosh before Jehovah, and thought themselves a match for the God of Israel, whom they set at defiance. (2.) He had conducted himself scornfully towards Israel, particularly in their late troubles; therefore Moab shall fall into the same troubles; into the same hands, and be a derision, for Israel was a derision to him, Jeremiah 48:26 ; Jeremiah 48:27 . The generality of the Moabites, when they heard of the calamities and desolations of their neighbours the Jews, instead of lamenting them, rejoiced in them, they skipped for joy. Many, in such a case, entertain in their minds a secret pleasure at the fall of those they had a dislike to, who yet have so much discretion as to conceal it; it is so invidious a thing. But the Moabites industriously proclaimed their joy, and avowed the enmity they had to Israel, triumphing over every Israelite they met with in distress and laughing at him, which was as inhuman as it was impious and an impudent affront both to man, whose nature they were of, and to God, whose name they were called by. Note, Those that deride others in distress will justly and certainly, sooner or later, come into distress themselves, and be had in derision. Those that are glad at calamities, especially the calamities of God's church, shall not long go unpunished. 2. Besides this they had been guilty of malice against God's people, and treachery in their dealings with them, Jeremiah 48:30 ; Jeremiah 48:30 . They made a jest of the desolations of Judah and Jerusalem, and pretended, when they laughed at them, that it was but in sport and to make themselves merry; but, says God, " I know his wrath; I know it comes from the old enmity he has to the seed of Abraham and the worshippers of the true God. I know he thinks these calamities of the Jewish nation will end in their utter extirpation. He now tells the Chaldeans what bad people the Jews are, and irritates them against them; but it shall not be so as he expects; his lies shall not so effect it. The nation, whose fall they triumph in, shall recover itself." Some read it, I know his rage. Is it not so? Is he not very furious against the people of God? And his lies I know also. Do they not do so? Do they not belie them? Note, All the fury and all the falsehood of the church's enemies are perfectly known to God, whatever the pretenses are with which they think to cover them, Isaiah 37:28 . VII. It is a complicated destruction, and by one instance after another will at length be completed; for those that make their escape from one judgment shall perish by another: Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon them, Jeremiah 48:43 ; Jeremiah 48:43 . There shall be fear to drive them into the pit, and a snare to hold them fast in it when they are in it; so that they shall neither escape from the destruction nor escape out of it. What was said of sinners in general ( Isaiah 24:17 ; Isaiah 24:18 ), that those who flee from the fear shall fall into the pit and those who come up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare, is here particularly foretold concerning the sinners of Moab ( Jeremiah 48:44 ; Jeremiah 48:44 ); for it is the year of their visitation, when God comes to reckon with them, and will be known by the judgments which he executes, for he is the King whose name is the Lord of hosts ( Jeremiah 48:15 ; Jeremiah 48:15 ); he is not only the King who has authority to give judgment, but he is the Lord of hosts, who is able to do what he has determined. The figurative expressions used Jeremiah 48:44 ; Jeremiah 48:44 are explained in one instance ( Jeremiah 48:45 ; Jeremiah 48:45 ): Those that fled out of the villages for fear of the enemy's forces put themselves under the shadow of Heshbon, stood there, and supposed they stood safely, as now armies sometimes retire under the cannon of a fortified city, and it is their protection; but here they should be disappointed, for, when they flee out of the pit, they fall into the snare; Heshbon, which they thought would shelter them, devours them as Moses had foretold long since ( Numbers 21:28 ): A fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon, and devours those that come from all the corners of Moab, and fastens upon the crown of the head of the tumultuous noisy ones, or of the revellers, or children of noise, not meant of the rude clamorous multitude, but of the great men, who bluster, and hector, and make a noise; the judgments of God shall light on them. Shall we hear the conclusion of this whole matter? We have it ( Jeremiah 48:46 ; Jeremiah 48:46 ): " Woe be to thee, O Moab! thou art undone; the people that worship Chemosh perish, and are gone; farewell, Moab. Thy sons and daughters, the hopes of the next generation, have gone into captivity after the Jews, whose calamities they rejoiced in." VIII. Yet it is not a perpetual destruction. The chapter concludes with a short promise of their return out of captivity in the latter days. God, who brings them into captivity, will bring again their captivity, Jeremiah 48:47 ; Jeremiah 48:47 . Thus tenderly does God deal with Moabites, much more with his own people! Even with Moabites he will not contend for ever, nor be always wrath. When Israel returned, Moab did; and perhaps the prophecy was intended chiefly for the encouragement of God's people to hope for that salvation which even Moabites shall share in. Yet it looks further, to gospel times; the Jews themselves refer it to the days of the Messiah; then the captivity of the Gentiles, under the yoke of sin and Satan, shall be brought back by divine grace, which shall make them free, free indeed. This prophecy concerning Moab is long, but here it ends; it ends comfortably: Thus far is the judgment of Moab. return to ' Top of Page ' Jeremiah Jer 47 Jeremiah Jer Jeremiah Jer 49 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Jeremiah 48". 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**모압의 확대된 멸망 — 애통과 회복**

> "우리는 강하고 용맹스러운 전사들이라 어찌 말할 수 있겠느냐? 만군의 여호와라 이름하는 왕의 말씀이니, 모압은 황폐하게 되었고 그 성읍들에서 올라갔으며 그의 뽑힌 청년들이 도살장으로 내려갔다."(14~15절)

이 단락에서 멸망에 대한 예언이 다양하고 풍부한 표현으로, 또한 감동적인 언어로 크게 확대된다. 이는 그들을 민족적인 회개와 개혁으로 깨워 화를 막거나, 개인적인 회개와 개혁으로 그 화를 대비하게 하기 위한 것이다. 또한 그와 같이 비참한 일이 일어날 수 있는 인간 삶의 연약함과, 하나님의 진노의 힘과 그분이 대적하는 백성과 싸우러 오실 때의 두려운 심판을 우리 마음에 새기기 위한 것이다. 이 긴 경고의 글을 읽으면서 그 공포를 묵상할 때, 모든 형상과 비유를 비판적으로 따지기보다는 하나님과 그분의 진노에 대한 거룩한 경외심으로 마음을 채우는 것이 더욱 유익하다.

**I. 갑작스럽고 신속한 멸망**이 예고된다. 모압은 전쟁에 능하다고 자부했지만(14절), 재앙이 가까이 닥쳐있다. 원수는 독수리처럼 날아와(40절) 날개를 펼쳐 모압을 둘러싸니 아무도 피하지 못한다. 모압의 요새들이 기습을 당해(41절) 그 용사들의 마음도 무너진다. 갑작스러운 두려움을 두려워하지 않으려면 보통 이상의 용기가 필요하다.

**II. 완전한 멸망**이 온다. 모압은 완전히 황폐해지고 멸망하여 엎어진다(15절, 20절). 다양한 성읍들이 언급되고 그 목록은 '기타 등등'으로 끝난다. 모압의 모든 성읍, 멀거나 가까운 성읍에 심판이 임한다(21~24절). 나라의 위엄과 권세가 빼앗긴다. "모압의 뿔이 잘리고 그의 팔이 꺾였다"(25절). 젊은이들은 나가서 이기고 돌아오리라 생각했지만, 하나님께서는 그들이 도살장으로 내려간다고 말씀하신다(15절). 모압은 한 민족으로 멸망할 것이다(42절). 하나님의 백성의 원수는 곧 아무 민족도 아니게 된다.

**III. 통탄할 멸망**이다. 슬픔의 이유가 된다.

1. **예언하는 선지자 자신이 슬퍼한다**. 동류에 대한 연민과 인간 본성에 대한 관심에서, 선지자는 모압을 위해 통곡할 것이다(31절). 그의 마음이 모압을 위해 슬퍼한다. 십브마의 포도나무를 위해 울 것이다(32절). 그의 마음이 모압을 위해 피리처럼 울릴 것이다(36절). 비록 모압의 멸망이 그를 참 선지자로 증명하지만, 그는 그것을 생각하며 괴롭다. 죄인들의 멸망은 하나님의 기쁨이 아니므로 우리에게도 고통이 되어야 한다. 이 대목의 많은 내용이 이사야가 모압에 대해 쓴 예언과 같다(이사야 15~16장). 오랜 시간의 간격이 있지만 같은 성령께서 말씀하신 것이다. 같은 표현을 사용하되 새로운 감동과 적용으로 사용하는 것은 표절이 아니다.

2. **모압 사람들 자신도 슬퍼한다**. 영화 중에 살던 자들이 목마른 곳에 앉게 될 것이다(18절). 디본의 딸이여, 영광을 버리고 목마름 속에 앉으라. 먼 곳에 사는 모압 사람들도 피난민에게 "무슨 일이 있었느냐?"(19절) 물을 것이다. 전부 잃었다는 소식을 듣고 통곡하며 부르짖고(20절), 홀로 머물며 나라의 황폐함을 슬퍼하기 위해 성읍을 떠나 바위 속에 살 것이다(28절). 그들의 슬픔이 극도에 달해 머리를 밀고 수염을 깎는다(37절). 이는 절망적인 슬픔의 표현으로, 사람을 자해로 이끌기도 한다. 욥도 겉옷을 찢고 머리를 밀었지만 몸을 해치지는 않았다. 열정의 홍수가 아무리 높이 차올라도, 지혜와 은혜는 그 한계를 지켜야 한다. 슬픔은 보편적이다(38절): "모압의 모든 지붕 위와 거리에서 애곡이 있을 것이다." 하나님께서 말씀하신다: "내가 모압을 아무도 원하지 않는 그릇처럼 부수었다."

3. **주변 이웃들도 그들을 위해 애통하도록 부름 받는다**(17절): "그 주변에 있는 모든 자들아, 그를 위해 슬퍼하라." 그의 강한 지팡이, 아름다운 막대기가 어찌 부러졌는가 하라. 열방이 이것을 주목하고 교훈을 받게 하라. 하나님의 심판 앞에서는 강함도 아름다움도 방패가 되지 못한다.

**IV. 수치스러운 멸망**이다. 모압이 취하게 만들어지고(26절) 취한 자는 천해진다. 자신의 구토물 속에서 뒹굴며 조롱거리가 될 것이다. 하나님의 진노의 잔을 마시고 비틀거리며 쓰러져 웃음거리가 될 것이다. 또한(39절): 모압은 그를 둘러싼 모든 자들에게 조롱과 공포의 대상이 될 것이다. 교만한 자들은 스스로 수치와 치욕을 준비하는 셈이다.

**V. 그들에게 소중한 것의 멸망**이다. 여름 과일과 포도 수확뿐 아니라 재물도 없어진다(36절): "그가 얻은 재물이 사라진다." 아무리 안전하게 쌓아두었다고 생각해도, 재물은 쉬 녹아 없어진다. 지푸라기처럼 우리 손가락 사이로 빠져나간다. 게다가 그들이 그 무엇보다 소중히 여기던 거짓 종교마저 사라진다. 하나님께서 산당에서 제사 드리는 자와 자기 신들에게 분향하는 자를 모압에서 끊어 버리실 것이다(35절). 참된 종교, 곧 참 하나님을 섬기는 예배와 봉사만이 환난의 날에 도움이 된다.

**VI. 정당하고 의로운 멸망**으로, 그들이 자초하고 마땅히 받아야 할 것이다.

1. 그들이 가장 악명 높게 저지른 죄는 **교만**이다. 이것이 여섯 번 언급된다(29절). 모압의 교만은 모든 이웃이 안다. "그는 심히 교만하다." 그의 거만함, 방자함, 교만함, 마음의 오만함을 보라. 같은 뜻의 말을 거듭하는 것은 그 교만이 얼마나 많은 모습으로 드러났는지, 그리고 그것이 하나님과 사람 모두에게 얼마나 역겨운 것인지를 보여준다. 이사야도 이것을 지적했으나(이사야 16:6) 여기서는 더 상세하게 표현된다. 두 가지 구체적인 사례가 있다.

(1) 그들은 **하나님을 향해 거만하게 행동했다**. "그가 여호와를 향하여 스스로 높였다"(26절, 42절). 모압 사람들은 그모스를 여호와보다 앞세우고 이스라엘의 하나님과 겨룰 수 있다고 생각했다.

(2) 그들은 **이스라엘을 향해 경멸하게 행동했다**. 이스라엘이 그들에게 조롱거리였기 때문에(26~27절), 모압도 같은 처지에 떨어질 것이다. 모압 사람들 대부분은 유대인들이 재난을 당하는 것을 듣고 슬퍼하기는커녕 기뻐하며 뛰었다. 많은 사람들이 원수의 고통을 은밀히 즐기면서도 상식적으로 그것을 감추는데, 모압 사람들은 오히려 공개적으로 기쁨을 선언하고 이스라엘에 대한 적대감을 드러냈다. 이는 인간성에 대한 불경이며 하나님께 대한 방자함이었다. 남의 재난, 특히 하나님 교회의 재난을 기뻐하는 자들은 오래지 않아 반드시 벌을 받는다.

2. 그들은 또한 **하나님 백성에 대한 악의와 그 교제에서의 배신**도 있었다(30절). 그들은 유다와 예루살렘의 황폐함을 조롱했지만, 하나님께서 말씀하신다: "나는 그의 분노를 안다. 그것은 아브라함의 씨와 참 하나님의 예배자들에 대한 오랜 적대감에서 나온 것이다. 그는 유대 나라의 멸망이 완전한 근절로 끝나리라 생각한다. 그는 갈대아인들에게 유대인들이 얼마나 나쁜 사람들인지 말하며 그들을 자극한다. 그러나 그가 기대하는 대로 되지 않을 것이다. 그의 거짓말이 그것을 이루지 못할 것이다." 교회의 원수들이 가진 모든 분노와 거짓말은, 그것을 가리는 겉모습이 어떠하든, 하나님께 완전히 알려져 있다(이사야 37:28).

**VII. 겹치는 멸망**이다. 한 심판을 피하면 다른 심판에 걸린다. "두려움과 함정과 올무가 모압 주민에게 임할 것이다"(43절). 두려움이 그들을 함정으로 몰고, 올무가 그들을 붙잡는다. 한 심판을 피하는 자는 다른 심판에 걸린다(44절). 이것은 죄인 일반에 대해 말씀된 것이(이사야 24:17~18), 모압의 죄인들에게 구체적으로 예언된다. 하나님께서 그들에게 오시는 형벌의 해이기 때문이다. 하나님은 권위를 가지고 판결하시는 왕이시요, 그 일을 수행하실 만군의 여호와이시다(15절). 44~45절의 비유는 한 가지 경우로 설명된다: 원수의 군대를 피해 마을을 나온 사람들이 헤스본의 그늘에 피했지만 헤스본이 오히려 그들을 삼킬 것이다. 이것은 모세가 오래전에 예언한 것이다(민수기 21:28): "헤스본에서 불이 나오고 시혼의 성읍에서 화염이 나와 모압의 구석구석과 시끄럽게 떠드는 자들의 정수리를 삼킨다."

이 모든 것의 결론은 이것이다(46절): "모압아, 화 있을진저! 그모스의 백성이 망한다. 네 아들들과 딸들이 유대인들의 뒤를 이어 포로로 끌려갔다."

**VIII. 그러나 영구적인 멸망은 아니다**. 이 장은 포로에서의 귀환에 대한 짧은 약속으로 끝난다. "내가 말일에 모압의 포로를 돌아오게 하리라"(47절). 하나님께서는 심지어 모압 사람들에게도 이처럼 부드럽게 대하신다. 하나님께서는 영원히 다투지 않으시며 영원히 노하지 않으신다. 이스라엘이 귀환했을 때 모압도 귀환했다. 이 예언은 더 나아가 복음 시대를 가리킬 수도 있다. 유대인들도 이것을 메시아의 날에 대한 것으로 이해한다. 그때 죄와 사탄의 멍에 아래 있던 이방인들의 포로 상태가 하나님의 은혜로 회복될 것이다. 이 모압에 대한 예언은 길었으나 여기서 끝난다. 이것은 위로로 끝난다: **이것이 모압에 대한 심판이다.**

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