Isa 16:5 | KingComments | STEP | Here Moab is summoned to receive the outcasts of Judah [according to another translation: “My outcasts, as for Moab”, footnote NASB] ( ). The mountains of which the Lord Jesus speaks in His end time speech ( ) may be those of Moab. There the outcasts of Judah will be safe “from the destroyer”, the king of the North. No matter how much the destroyer will rage, he will eventually come to his end in Judah. This means that Isaiah’s main concern here is the end time, a thought that is in line with what has already been mentioned in this book ( ). confirms this. When the extortioner has been judged, the destruction is over and the oppressors have been wiped out ( ), the Messiah will sit on His throne. The “judge” who sits on the throne is none other than the Lord Jesus and it can be about nothing but His reign in the end time. Just before He returns to judge the enemies of His people, many Judeans will flee and therewith fulfill His word. What David does with his father and mother while he is fleeing from Saul is a foreshadowing of this ( ; cf. ). God also calls Moab “My washbowl” ( ), which indicates that Moab is the place where He will cleanse and purify the remnant as in a washbowl. When that process is completed, they will return to Judah as God’s warriors to help with the deliverance of Judah and Jerusalem. When the anti-Christian powers have been defeated, the Son of David will sit on the throne. He will restore and maintain justice and righteousness.

‏ Isaiah 16:5

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Here Moab is summoned to receive the outcasts of Judah [according to another translation: “My outcasts, as for Moab”, footnote NASB] (Isa 16:4). The mountains of which the Lord Jesus speaks in His end time speech (Mt 24:16) may be those of Moab. There the outcasts of Judah will be safe “from the destroyer”, the king of the North. No matter how much the destroyer will rage, he will eventually come to his end in Judah.

This means that Isaiah’s main concern here is the end time, a thought that is in line with what has already been mentioned in this book (Isa 14:32). Isa 16:5 confirms this. When the extortioner has been judged, the destruction is over and the oppressors have been wiped out (Isa 16:4b), the Messiah will sit on His throne. The “judge” who sits on the throne is none other than the Lord Jesus and it can be about nothing but His reign in the end time.

Just before He returns to judge the enemies of His people, many Judeans will flee and therewith fulfill His word. What David does with his father and mother while he is fleeing from Saul is a foreshadowing of this (1Sam 22:3-4; cf. Jer 40:11-12). God also calls Moab “My washbowl” (Psa 60:8a ; Psa 108:9a), which indicates that Moab is the place where He will cleanse and purify the remnant as in a washbowl.

When that process is completed, they will return to Judah as God’s warriors to help with the deliverance of Judah and Jerusalem. When the anti-Christian powers have been defeated, the Son of David will sit on the throne. He will restore and maintain justice and righteousness.