Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill, you will be taken captive. Your god Chemosh, with his priests and princes, will be exiled to distant lands. (Jeremiah 48:7 New Living Translation)

The country of Moab in the Old Testament has an interesting history. When God decided to destroy Sodom, He promised Abraham to protect Lot (Abraham’s nephew) as well as Lot’s wife and two daughters. God sent a couple of angels to warn Lot of the destruction that was about to take place; and they told Lot to flee to the mountains with his family. “Don’t stop and don’t look back!”

Unfortunately, Lot’s wife couldn’t resist, and she turned to look back at the destruction of her home, becoming a pillar of salt in the process. Lot and his two daughters left her and traveled on to the mountains. Sadl

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