“My heart will cry out for Moab;
His fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
Like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
They will go up with weeping;
For in the way of Horonaim
They will raise up a cry of destruction," v.5
Read chapter 15
There is no gloating here, chapter 15 is a genuine lament, not like the mockery of Babylon in chapter 14. The writer seems to be passionate or sympathy for the homelessness of the moabites. Moab was Israel's neighboring country and perhaps shows that Israel was more sympathetic to her neighbors. We also see ties in genealogy of Ruth being a moabite marries Boaz who are the in the genealogy of Israel's kings and ultimate Christ. Yet also how enemies they were to Israel as Balaam was hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel. Perhaps their destruction was so intense that Israel even morns for them. Have you ever mourned for you enemies when they were punished?
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