Книга пророка Исаии, Глава 25, стих 10. Толкования стиха

And they will indeed enjoy the benefits of those good things which have been promised. And Moabitis—or Moab, according to the Hebrew text—will undergo the punishment of its own godlessness. It will be trodden down in the manner of a threshing floor with wagons, so that its hands will be weak and worn out from faintness. Therefore, Aquila says: And Moab will be threshed out under him as chaff is threshed out; and according to Symmachus: And we will thresh Moab as a threshing of chaff in mud. He next states who they are who are treading it down and threshing it when he adds: “And the feet of the gentle and humble and the steps of the poor will trample it.” And I suppose that the evil demon and the opposing power which was once revered as a god among the Moabites is here referred to as Moab, which then was proud and arrogant against the God of Israel. And the nation was afflicted by it, and thus Moses dared to do such things because the people had given themselves over to fornication and “joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor.” This was the idol of the Moabites. Because of this, the things discussed above are prophesied against it as against the certain dreadful power which wars against God.

In the vision concerning Moab and concerning its demon, Moab itself is addressed: “Because your alliance has been taken away, and the ruler who trampled on the land has perished.” Therefore, since this fearful and evil demon was among the people of the Jews, as it was supposed, the present prophecy teaches the end that will follow at the time of the universal judgment of God when it says: And Moab shall be trodden down, and he will send forth his hands, as he himself brought others low to destroy them, so also he will suffer similar things. But Symmachus says: And we will thresh Moab down as a threshing of chaff in mud; and, while it is being threshed and trodden down, he will spread out his hands as one who is bathing holds them out in order to swim, and his arrogance will be brought low with the downward strokes of his hands. And your fortress with its high walls will bend down and cleave to the earth. And the walls of its fortress are the powers which, although they were fortified, the Word says will be demolished. He teaches that these things will happen to the evil demon that once prevailed over the Moabites as well as those others that are supposed to be gods, thus leaving us with an example of what will come on the other opposing powers.

рука. Т.е. рука, совершающая суд (Ис. 9:11, 12 и ком.; Ис. 9:17, 21; Ис. 10:4).

на горе сей. См. ком. к Ис. 2:2; Ис. 25:6.

Моав. В данном случае Моав олицетворяет все противящиеся Богу народы (так же, как Едом в Ис. 34:5-17; Ис. 63:1-6; Авд., гл. 1).