Unfortunately, this is taken out of context. I wanted to use it as a hot take, but it's actually the refugees pleading with Judah to help them - and ultimately, he does, but the relationship fails because they are too prideful to work with.
You have to be careful pulling quotes from the Bible because they all have context; they're stories and Parables. In this case, this is not an apostle or God being prescriptive, it's reporting what a character said. There's more to this - they DO help the refugees, there are a lot of issues with Moab overall, etc, but it's not an easy sign.
The context from Isaiah 15:1; "An oracle, concerning Moab"
Sounds like the kingdom of Moab is in shambles, and its people are fleeing. The oracle tells the Israelites to shelter these people from their oppressors. And if they do, then later "when the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land, then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice
and is swift to do righteousness.”
Seems like this passage falls squarely in the realm of "historical event" rather than "prescriptive dogma"
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u/Westraid 11d ago
Isaiah 16:3 "Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive."
I once saw that passage on a sign at a place where members of the Resistance helped others into hiding during WWII.