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Cartoonist

(7,530 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:33 AM Oct 2018

Refugees of Moab

Here's a passage from the B that can be interpreted any which way you like, as custom.

Isaiah 16:2-4

Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

“Make up your mind,” Moab says. “Render a decision. Make your shadow like night—at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer.”

The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.

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Refugees of Moab (Original Post) Cartoonist Oct 2018 OP
Amen. marble falls Oct 2018 #1
Clear biblical sign edhopper Nov 2018 #2
We're still waiting for that to happen. gtar100 Nov 2018 #3

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
3. We're still waiting for that to happen.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 05:27 PM
Nov 2018

As soon as one oppressor departs, another one pops up like unwelcome weeds in the garden. So, yes, hide from the oppressors, they only want to use you and could care less if you're dead. But this passage holds out only false hope. Too many wannabees are out there jonesing to be the top dog.

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