Isaiah sees a long road ahead for Judah. It starts with the defeat of the destroyer, Assyria, and ends with Jesus ruling over a repentant people. MANY steps in between! I don’t know at what point in Judah’s journey Isaiah shares this prophecy. Is it before the alliance made with Assyria? Is it while they […]
The people have become complacent; pleased with what they have, without paying attention to what is coming. Discipline is quickly on its way. Restoration too. I had to look up the definition of complacent. From Dictionary.com, here is what I found: “pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of […]
With all the kings ever in Israel or Judah, there was NEVER a truly righteous king. There is coming a day though and that King is the King of kings; Jesus! I have read over this passage several times and marveled at how wonderful it will be when Jesus rules. Then I really got a […]
Isaiah is giving a warning for when (not if) Judah turns to Egypt for help. Egypt is merely man and man CAN’T change what God says is to be. King Ahaz had made an alliance with Assyria when Syria and Israel were planning to attack Judah. This made Judah a ‘puppet’ to Assyria and Assyria […]
Isaiah is sharing the wonderous time still to come. A time when the people turn to God wholly and tell their false gods, BE GONE! Then the Lord will pay back the oppressors. I have to confess that I got excited yesterday by the good things I was reading for Israel’s future, so I read […]
