Weep and Wail for the Proud (Isaiah 15-16)

God's Plan for Proud Moab (ch.15-16) [Gary Smith]

1. A lament over the ruin of Moab (15:1-9).
• Laments over the ruined northern Moabite cities (1b-4).
• Laments over fugities who flee south (5-7).
• The inevitability of Moab's dire situation (8-9).
2. A Moabite request for shelter in Judah (16:1-5).
3. A lament: pride will cause the devastation of Moab (16:6-12).
• Moab is proud (6).
• Moab will wail, its field ruined (7-8).
• Prophet laments; there is no joy in Moab (9-10).
• Prophet weeps; Moab's prayer is useless (11-12).
4. An announcement: Moab's end within three years (16:13-14).

Moab: Salvation Refused by Pride (ch.15-16) [J. Alec Motyer]

1. Moab's crisis (15:1).
2. Moab's grief (15:2-4).
3. The Lord's grief over Moab (15:5-9).
4. Moab's plea (16:1-4a).
5. Isaiah's answer (16:4b-5).
6. Moab's grief explained (16:6-8).
7. The Lord's grief over Moab (16:9-12).
8. Moab's imminent ruin (16:13-14).

Concerning Moab [Barry Webb]

1. The lament (15:1-9).
2. The appeal (16:1-5).
3. The reflection (16:6-11).
4. Summary and appendix (16:12-14).

Moab [Derek Kidner, New Bible Commentary]

1. Defeat and flight (15:1-9).
2. Moab can look to Zion (16:1-5).
3. Moab's pride and fall (16:6-14).

Isaiah 15, 16.