A DREADFUL MEETING Isaiah 47:3. _I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man_. Little did Babylon think with whom she now had to contend. This was no empty threat. It was carried into full and fearful execution. Thus it has fared with other nations, and will, at last, with every impen... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOAST OF BABYLON Isaiah 47:7. _I shall be a lady for ever_. The utterance of proud Babylon is identical with that of the vain and self-confident in all ages (Revelation 18:7). The delusion prosperity produces in such men, or nations, is always of this sort. This expression suggests that length... [ Continue Reading ]
PRACTICAL ATHEISM AND GENUINE PIETY Isaiah 47:10. _Thou hast said, None seeth me_. Genesis 16:13. _And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me_. Here is— I. PRACTICAL ATHEISM. “Thou hast said, None seeth me,” _i.e._, God is indifferent to our conduct. This is the pr... [ Continue Reading ]
FALSE SECURITIES Isaiah 47:11, _Therefore shall evil come upon thee, &c._ I. _Look at this picture of utter and painful bewilderment_. This is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. 1. We have been warned of it. 2. A way of escape has been made. II. _Hear the divine challenge addressed to t... [ Continue Reading ]
A CALL TO THE UNRIGHTEOUS (_Fourth Sunday in Advent._) Isaiah 46:12. _Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, &c._ Referred at first to local and national circumstances, but addressed to the men of every generation—to ourselves in our own circumstances, rendered more obvious and striking by the near app... [ Continue Reading ]