They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
 Mark the twofold process of the Lord. He sends first a prophet, then an angel; the one to bring their sin home to their conscience, the other to raise up a deliverer. He loves to extricate His people from the wretched consequences of their failure, but He will have the evil owned first.
