ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 34 GOD WILL PUNISH HIS ENEMIES v1 Come, all you nations! Gather here and listen. Let all the inhabitants of the world come here. Listen carefully to the *Lord’s special message to you.... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s judgement affects all that he has created (see my note on Isaiah 33:9). • People commonly considered objects in the sky to be gods. So the fate of the sun and moon and stars probably refers to God’s action against people who *worshipped them. • Such events in the heavens will happen on the D... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord does not attack with an actual sword. This is a picture in words to describe the *Lord’s act of judgement. • Relations between the nations called Israel and Edom were always uneasy. This was because of the strain between Jacob (later called Israel) and his brother Esau, the *ancestor of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Bozrah was the *Edomite capital (see Genesis 36:32; Genesis 36:33). It had strong defences. Its situation was in the mountains, south-east of the Dead Sea. But God would destroy Bozrah completely (see Jeremiah 49:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
When the *Babylonians destroyed *Jerusalem, the *Edomites joined them against God’s special people. (See Psalms 137:7 and Jeremiah 49:13. See also the Book of Obadiah, verse 11; all this short book is about the wicked action of the *Edomites.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The region was mostly desert. And it was unsuitable for agriculture. It had become like Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 19:24).... [ Continue Reading ]
The terrible situation of the land called Edom was again like that of the world in Genesis 1:2. THE END OF EDOM V12 No *Edomite leaders remain to choose a king. All Edom’s officials have disappeared. V13 *Thorn-bushes and weeds cover Edom’s empty palaces and castles. Only wild animals will make a... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah names many animals and birds in the original language of these verses (and also in verse 11). But to identify animals and birds in the Bible with modern names is a very uncertain task! • The animals and birds in these verses do have some things in common. They like to live among buildings th... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the only reference in the Bible to the ‘Book of the *Lord’. And it is unknown elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
The general purpose of Isaiah’s words is to convince his readers that the *Lord will carry out his judgements completely. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, capital of the country called Israel. During the time of Isaiah, Jerusalem was the capital of the country called Judah. LORD ~ God’... [ Continue Reading ]