Isaiah 16:14

"This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in time past."

Key Reflection

This verse sets the historical context, indicating that the prophecy about Moab's downfall is not a new revelation but one that has roots in past divine communications. It suggests a continuity between previous prophetic messages and this current announcement of judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But now the Lord hath spoken -This refers to the particular and specific prophecy of Isaiah that destruction should come upon them in three years. Instead of a “general but indefinite” prediction of calamity to the Moabites, such as had been uttered by the former prophets, or by Isaiah himself before, it was now specific and definite in regard to the “time” when it should be fulfilled. Within three years -We have no means of ascertaining the exact fulfillment of this prediction, nor do we certainly know by whom it was accomplished.

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