Isaiah 16

"Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler.  For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness"....We have heard of the pride of Moab—He is very proud—Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so."  vv.4-6

Read chapter 16

Moab was once part of David's kingdom and these first few verses of the chapter seem to reminisce of the "Golden Age" as a possible hope during the defeat of Moab.  Refugees and outcasts were hidden in Jerusalem for a shelter.  The law of Israel had means for caring for the foreigner.  God did show His mercy to other nations in asking Israel to treat them this way and predicting the end of their oppression.  This lament of chapter 15 & 16 comes to an end when it gives a description of their sins "the pride of Moab- he is very proud."  Pride was their downfall.  "Those who will not be counseled  cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever. Also, the very proud are commonly very passionate" (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary).  

How often do you reminisce of the "good ole days" and wish it were that time again?  Why has that time changed?  How has pride affected relationships, life, past, future?