All nations used to believe that gods lived on mountains. The
*Lord’s mountain (Mount Zion) is ‘the greatest of all
mountains’. That is, the *Lord is greater than any god.
• The ‘day is coming’ refers to the ‘Day of the *Lord’. That
is when God will be the judge of all nations (see Isaiah 2:12-21).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 2
GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL
V1 A special message about Judah and *Jerusalem that God gave to
Isaiah. V2 God’s *Temple stands on a mountain now. But the day is... [ Continue Reading ]
God has given up his special people. They have refused to live the
life that he requires of them. They want to copy all the other
nations. They want to follow foreign customs and interests. They aim
to heap up more and more money (for provisions) and *weapons of war
(for protection).... [ Continue Reading ]
One cannot count all the gods that the *Lord’s people have shaped
out of dead blocks of wood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people in Israel are so proud that they are self-sufficient.
They think that they have no need of the *Lord. They have completely
forgotten God’s purpose for them to be his witnesses to other
nations. But God has not forgotten.
DAY OF JUDGEMENT
V10 People will be in terror. They will hide... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no way to escape from God. The darkest caves and the deepest
holes cannot hide anyone or anything from him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proud people may think that they do not need God. Then suddenly they
will see that God is *Lord of all. And he demands that all must obey
him. Nothing in nature, not even vast forests and huge mountains, can
compare with the *Lord’s greatness. In fact, it was he who created
them!... [ Continue Reading ]
People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities.
But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares
them with the powers of God’s Spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods
that mere men have manufactured.... [ Continue Reading ]
The nation long remembered the power of that great *earthquake (see
Amos 1:1 and Zechariah 14:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
The only sure *foundation for any human life is God himself.
JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the
country called Israel. During the time of Isaiah, Jerusalem was the
capital of the country called Judah.
TEMPLE ~ special building in Jerusalem where Jews praised God and
of... [ Continue Reading ]