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Warning to Judah
Isaiah 28:14–29
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The name “Jerusalem” means “city of peace”. History reveals that it has been associated more with conflict than with peace. In Psalm 122:6 it says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem." We might ask our self the question, “Why pray for Jerusalem and not London, Moscow, or New York City?” The reason is that when there is true peace in Jerusalem, there will be peace in the whole world (Isa. 52:7; 66:12). Judah like their northern neighbors were guilty of scoffing at Isaiah’s words (v. 14).
In this passage the prophet turns his attention to the people of Jerusalem who have made a covenant with death and with hell (v. 15). The enemy is going to come in like a storm and a whip (scourge) and there will be no way of escape. They failed to trust the Lord (v. 16) and were plainly guilty of sin (v. 17). Their only hope is in Jesus Christ, the tried and true foundation stone. With Sennacherib leading the Assyrian army they trampled Judah, destroying forty-six towns and villages (vv. 18-19) and all their resources were lost (v. 20).
Isaiah is telling them that their confidence that God will not judge them is a delusion (vv 21-29). The prophet closes this chapter with a parable of the farmer. He points out that the plowman does not plow just for the sake of plowing, but he plows that he might sow and reap a crop (vv 24-28). Like the farmer, the Lord is not just going through the motions but He intends to harvest a crop (v. 29).
Application
I should never live on the false hope that I am exempt from His judgment for what I do in this body because I have trusted in Jesus. I will one day stand before the “Judgment Seat of Christ” to give an answer for what I have done in this body (II Cor 5:10).
Isaiah 28:14-29 (English Standard Version)
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"; therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.' And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter." Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be beaten down by it. As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message. For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in. For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim; as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed--strange is his deed! and to work his work--alien is his work! Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts against the whole land. Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech. Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground? When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border? For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him. Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. Does one crush grain for bread? No, he does not thresh it forever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it. This also comes from the LORD of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
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