Isaiah 24:1
The words describe how the *Lord will ruin the whole earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
The words describe how the *Lord will ruin the whole earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 24 GOD WILL DESTROY THE EARTH V1 Listen carefully! The *Lord intends to empty the land. He will cause the surface of the land to break up. He will scatter the land’s inhabitants. V2 Eve... [ Continue Reading ]
Every part of human society suffers – in religion, in domestic life, in business.... [ Continue Reading ]
The effect of God’s judgement is total. And it will all happen because God has said so. THE TERRIBLE STATE OF THE EARTH V4 The land has become very dry. Nothing will grow. The strong leaders of the people have become weak. V5 These things have happened because people have not obeyed God’s laws. T... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s *covenant with his people promised them great blessings (good things), both for their lives and for their land (see Deuteronomy 28:1-14). But if the people would not obey God’s laws, that same *covenant operated God’s *curse. And that *curse affected both people and land (see Deuteronomy 28:15... [ Continue Reading ]
The people in Israel knew that wicked behaviour could affect the land itself (see Deuteronomy 21:1-9).... [ Continue Reading ]
This does not mean just one particular city. It means wherever people live. Fear and unhappiness will be everybody’s constant experience.... [ Continue Reading ]
But perhaps the choice of the word ‘harvest’ could show some possible hope for the future. Even when a harvest is over, a very small amount of fruit does in fact remain (see Ruth 2:7). IT IS TOO SOON TO BE CHEERFUL V14 But there are some people who raise their voices in songs of joy. Those in the... [ Continue Reading ]
In fact, some people will remain alive. In all directions happy people will be praising God. They think that the punishment is over. But Isaiah knows that this is not so.... [ Continue Reading ]
The similar use of ‘hole’ and ‘trap’ in Jeremiah 48:43-44 shows that this was a well-known picture in words. Someone escapes from one danger only to fall into another danger (see Amos 5:19). This would be a very terrible event. • Then huge quantities of water pour down from the sky. And the flood m... [ Continue Reading ]
The moral failure of the world’s inhabitants does not only affect people. It affects all that God has created. GOD’S FINAL SUCCESS V21 When that day comes, the *Lord will declare judgement on the powers in the heavens. And on the rulers of the earth. V22 God will gather them together like prisoner... [ Continue Reading ]
People in the ancient world considered that the ‘powers in the heavens’ (sun, moon, stars) were gods. But it was God himself who created them in the first place! (see Genesis 1:14-19). They are still under his control. If he chooses, he can reduce their light. Or, he can turn off their heat. • The... [ Continue Reading ]