CHAPTER 29 THE SECOND WOE. A WOE AGAINST THE FALSE JERUSALEM. Isaiah stresses that although they boast of their city as the city of David, Yahweh will soon cause her to be besieged by an army which He will bring against her. But then, when they cry out of the dust He will act on their behalf in pow... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Woe to Ariel, Ariel, The city where David encamped. Add for yourselves year to year. Let the feasts come round. Then will I distress Ariel, And there will be mourning and lamentation, And she will be to me as Ariel.' Having declared His woe on Israel (Isaiah 28:1) God now declares His woe on... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I will encamp against you in a circle (literally ‘like a circular object' surrounding the city), And will lay siege against you with a fort, And I will raise siegeworks against you. And you will be brought down, And you will speak from the ground, And your speech will be low out of the dus... [ Continue Reading ]
‘But the multitude of your alien foes will be like small dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away. Yes, it will be at an instant suddenly,' From Yahweh of hosts she will be visited, With thunder and with earthquake, and great noise, With whirlwind and tempest and f... [ Continue Reading ]
THE UNBELIEVING RESPONSE OF THE MAJORITY TO GOD (ISAIAH 29:9). There are at least two ways of looking at this passage. One is to see it as Isaiah's words prior to God's amazing deliverance, seeking to inculcate faith but seeing instead obstinacy, in which case Isaiah 29:14 points to that event, the... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S RESPONSE TO AND VERDICT ON THEIR UNBELIEF (ISAIAH 29:13). Isaiah 29:13 ‘And the Lord said, “Forasmuch as these people draw near to me with their mouth, And honour me with their lips, But have removed their heart far from me, And their fear of me is but a commandment of men which has been... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD WOE: AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO HIDE WHAT THEY DO FROM GOD, BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH IN SPITE OF IT (ISAIAH 29:15). Analysis. a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from Yahweh, and their works are in the dark, and they say, “Who sees us?”, and “Who knows us?” (Isaiah 29:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THAT GOD HAS EVERYTHING IN HAND (ISAIAH 29:17). For the truth is that Yahweh, the Potter, will take the poor and the lowly and will work on them to make of them His new people. All who are unjust and work contrary to God's law will be rooted out. In Paul's wor... [ Continue Reading ]