This was given before Egypt attacked Gaza. Egypt may have seemed the most immediate threat, but Babylon was the real danger. This is the torrent from the North. This would bring a wave of terror on the nation. Things would become so bad that parent's normal concern for their children would go by the wayside.
The time for the destruction of the Philistines had come.
Next is Moab. Moab had enjoyed a relatively peaceful existence and was prosperous, but she had trusted in her own strength and her riches. These would prove futile against the onslaught that would come, as indeed would her "god" Chemosh. She would become completely desolate.
Verse 10 stresses the certainty and intensity of the judgement that was to come.
The allusions in v11-13 are to the fact that Moab had not been defeated much by other nations, and had not had the topsy-turvy history that many nations had had.
Moab was proud of herself, but she would come to nothing. The Lord is the only true King. Judgement would be complete, and all around her would observe it.
Pride (v26) was her major sin.
Yet, even though the judgement would be devastating, Moab would not be destroyed for ever (v47). So judgement comes on all nations, salvation is also open to all nations.
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