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Isaiah 29:1-12
Woe Against Jerusalem
Isaiah 29:13-24
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Isaiah 30:1-7
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Prediction of the Failure of the Alliance
Isaiah 30:18-33
Restoration of Israel
Isaiah 31:1-9
Deliverance From Israel’s Enemy
Isaiah 32:1-20
Woe to Those Trusting in Military Defense
Isaiah 33:1-12
Destruction of Assyria
Isaiah 33:13-24
Salvation of the Righteous
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Woe to Those Trusting in Military Defense
Isaiah 32:1–20
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History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-mit … More
This chapter starts out with Isaiah prophesying a time of righteousness and justice. He talks about a king who will reign in this time (vv 1-4). No historical king ever fit this description. The prophet is speaking of a time when godly conditions that shall be “as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land” shall prevail (v. 2). This is a time when the blind shall see, the deaf shall hear, and the ignorant shall understand knowledge. He sees a day when people will not only know the teaching about God, but when morality shall be based upon spiritual knowledge. In Isaiah’s day, as in our own day, the common people admired “the rich and famous,” even these, so-called, “celebrities” deserved no respect. In the kingdom age everyone will recognize an evil man when he sees him, and hypocrites will fool no one at all (vv 5-6).
People throw their idols away, recognizing that they are nothing but man made objects (vv. 7-8). The prophet turns his attention to the careless women who are at ease in Judah (vv. 9-14). He issues a stern warning to the worldly-minded society of women in Jerusalem. These women should not complacently think that God’s judgment would not come, for devastation was soon to come. This possibly refers to Assyria’s final push into Judah in 701 B.C. The prophet returns to his description of the millennial kingdom and emphasizes the restoration of peace and prosperity (vv. 15-20). He sees a time of complete national conversion for Israel in the future.
Application
Prosperity and luxury often bring false security and will lull me into thinking all is well when disaster is around the corner. If I abandon God’s purpose for my life I will also abandon His help.
Isaiah 32:1-20 (English Standard Version)
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will give attention. The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly. The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable. For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands. Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech. In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the grape harvest fails, the fruit harvest will not come. Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and tie sackcloth around your waist. Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city. For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low. Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
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