Devo Sept 17 Isaiah 15

Chapter 15
1 A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! 2 Dibon goes up to its temple,
to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.Every head
is shaved and every beard cut off. 3 In the streets they wear sackcloth; on
the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as
Eglath Shelishiyah.They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on
the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction. 6 The waters of Nimrim
are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing
green is left. 7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they
carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.8 Their outcry echoes along the
border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation
as far as Beer Elim.9 The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will
bring still more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon
those who remain in the land.

Personal Notes
Moab is a country that has been a perpetual enemy of Israel since
the days of the Exodus. Yet, all of sudden, they were faced with
devastation. All the major cities became ruin, there were weeping
all over the place. Even when they fled to foreign lands, their enemies
still pursued them.  Today, there are endless political chaos and war in the world.
I see young people willing to step up and do their part in stopping the injustice.
I see students forming clubs and movement against oppression around the world.
God's will is for His followers to take a part in ending the evil around the world.

I am challenged to pray for an area in the world that I have a heart for that is
going through oppression today.