“But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:”
God's promise to send fire upon Moab to devour the strongholds of Kerioth represents the destruction of the Moabite capital and the dismantling of Moab's military fortifications. The formula of sending fire and devouring strongholds follows the pattern of other oracles, suggesting that divine judgment operates according to consistent principles across different nations. The chaos and tumult of the destruction is evoked through imagery suggesting that Moab will experience the overwhelming catastrophe of judgment carried out by the omnipotent God.
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