‘That day’ is the day of punishment (see the final verse of chapter 26). • Forty (40) years after God’s people escaped from Egypt, they entered the country called Canaan (see Joshua 1:11). There they heard about Leviathan. In ancient stories, Leviathan was a very ugly and cruel monster (huge animal... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 27 GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST LEVIATHAN V1 On that day, the *Lord will seize his powerful sword. The sword is extremely sharp. The *Lord will attack Leviathan, the giant animal in the sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses return to the story about the *vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1-7).... [ Continue Reading ]
As in chapter 5, the ‘*vineyard’ means God’s special people (see Isaiah 5:7). The *vineyard receives the *Lord’s constant care (see Isaiah 5:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
Unlike in 5:5-6, the *Lord is not angry at the *vineyard. But he will destroy any ‘*thorn-bushes or weeds’, that is, the enemies of his people. Although God will forgive even those enemies, if they sincerely turn to him. GOD FORGIVES V7 The *Lord did not strike the people from Israel as severely a... [ Continue Reading ]
God explains why he holds back complete punishment of his people. He will completely forgive them. But only when they remove all evidence of false *worship from their land. LIFE WITHOUT PURPOSE V10 Strong cities are standing alone. Their inhabitants have gone. They have left the cities empty. The... [ Continue Reading ]
No names appear. We have here a general description of society without God. If people leave out God from their lives, they merely exist. Life has no purpose. GOD’S GREAT PURPOSE V12 On that day the *Lord will gather his people one by one. He will gather them all the way from the river called Euphr... [ Continue Reading ]
‘On that day’, that is, on the day when the *Lord chooses to act. • ‘One by one’, God gathers every believer. Each one is important to him. • The river called Euphrates and the border of Egypt were the boundaries of the united country called Israel. That country was the land that God promised to h... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord calls his people to their home in heaven (see Matthew 24:31; see also 1 Thessalonians 4:16). • Egypt and Assyria are examples of foreign countries where God’s people spent years as prisoners. • In the Bible, the city called *Jerusalem has two different meanings. There is the city called... [ Continue Reading ]