Isaías 15
1
Oráculo acerca de Moabe. Porque Ar foi destruída numa noite, Moabe está desfeita; porque Quir foi destruída numa noite, Moabe está desfeita.
2
Subiu a filha de Dibom aos altos para chorar; por Nebo e por Medeba pranteia Moabe; em todas as cabeças há calva, e toda barba é rapada.
3
Nas suas ruas cingem-se de saco; nos seus terraços e nas suas praças todos andam pranteando, e choram abundantemente.
4
Assim Hesbom como Eleale andam gritando; até Jaaz se ouve a sua voz; por isso os armados de Moabe clamam; estremece-lhes a alma.
5
O meu coração clama por causa de Moabe; fogem os seus nobres para Zoar, qual uma novilha de três anos; pois vão chorando pela encosta de Luíte; no caminho de Horonaim levantam um grito de destruição.
6
As águas de Ninrim são desoladas; secou-se a relva, definhou a erva verde, e não há verdura alguma.
7
Pelo que a abundância que ajuntaram, e o que guardaram, para além do ribeiro dos salgueiros o levam.
8
Pois o pranto já rodeou os limites de Moabe; até Eglaim chegou o seu clamor, e ainda até Beer-Elim o seu rugido.
9
Pois as águas de Dimom estão cheias de sangue; pelo que ainda acrescentarei mais a Dimom, um leão contra aqueles que escaparem de Moabe, e contra o restante que ficou na terra.
Arcana Coelestia # 1868
1868. That these things are meant by these nations would take too long to confirm from the Word; nor is there any need to do so here as no more than their names are mentioned. Some of them have been dealt with already, for example that 'the Rephaim' means false persuasions, 567, 581, 1673; 'the Amorites' evils, 1680; 'the Canaanites' evils, above at verse 16; 'the Perizzites' falsities, 1574. What the rest of the nations mean individually will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained as they occur later on.
[2] As regards the nations that were to be cast out of the Lord's kingdom, in the next life evil and devilish spirits like nothing more than to surface in the world of spirits and to infest good spirits. But as often as they do so they are cast out, in much the same way as the falsities and evils that have taken possession of one who is being regenerated are overpowered and dispersed, and in their place truths and goods are implanted that belong to the Lord's kingdom.
[3] These falsities and evils were represented by the nations that were driven out of the land of Canaan by the descendants of Jacob. They were represented as well by the Jews themselves who at a later period were driven out from there. The same occurred with many other nations of old by whom similar things had been represented, such as the Horites who were driven from Mount Seir by the descendants of Esau, mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:12, 22; then the Avim who were driven out by the Kaphtorim, mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:23; also the Emim or Rephaim who were driven out by the Moabites, mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:9-11; as well as the Zamzummim who were driven out by the Ammonites, mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:19-21; besides many others referred to in the Prophets.
