Verses 13-14
Isaiah concluded this oracle by announcing Moab’s imminent ruin (cf. Isaiah 15:1). The preceding verses describe an earlier revelation that the prophet received, but now he learned that Moab’s invasion would be within three years. A hired man would count down the three years day by day, and the Judeans would do the same as they anticipated the degrading of Moab’s glory and population. Only a remnant would survive.
The fulfillment came when Assyria invaded Moab sometime between 715 and 713 B.C. or, perhaps, when Sennacherib destroyed it in 701 B.C.
"The grief of the judge of all the earth is one of the two striking truths of this oracle. The other is that all this total loss and suffering arises from the single sin of pride (Isaiah 16:6)." [Note: Motyer, p. 151.]
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