JUDAH MUST TAKE WARNING FROM EDOM AND REPENT (ISAIAH 63:1 TO ISAIAH 65:12). Chapter 63 God's Judgment on Edom And A Consideration of Israel's Past. Seeing Isaiah 63:1 as introducing this final section (63-66) explains why it is brought in here. The previous section began with the Redeemer (Isaiah 5... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S JUDGMENT ON EDOM, THEIR BROTHER WHO REJECTED THE COVENANT, AND GOD'S OFFER OF REDEMPTION TO JACOB. This startling vision of the future prepares for what lies ahead. Isaiah is aware that that includes gloom for Judah/Israel, for he remembers God's prediction concerning the future rape of the T... [ Continue Reading ]
‘I will put in remembrance the covenant lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, And the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us. And the great goodness towards the house of Israel which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, And according to the multitude of his covenant... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely.” So he was their Saviour.' In the past Yahweh had looked at His people, choosing them out and assuring Himself that because He had chosen them as His people they would not deal falsely, for were they not His own people (E... [ Continue Reading ]
‘In all their affliction he was afflicted, And the angel of his presence (face) saved them, In his love and in his pity he redeemed them, And he bore them and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit, Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, Himself fou... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Then he remembered the days of old; Moses, his people.' But each time, after He had acted as their enemy, Yahweh had reminded Himself of Moses, and of His people. And each time He had then acted in mercy. So now, Isaiah pleads, let Him do the same again. Isaiah 63:11 “Where is he who brought the... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Look down from heaven, And behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where is your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearnings of your bowels and of your compassions are restrained towards me.' Isaiah points out that now in contrast to what He has done before, Yahweh's activit... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For you are our father. Though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not acknowledge us, You, O Yahweh, are our father, Our redeemer from everlasting is your name.' So he finally reminds God of what He has revealed Himself to be. God is bound, not by what He owes His people, but by what He... [ Continue Reading ]
‘O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, And harden our hearts from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, The tribes of your inheritance. Your holy people were in possession but a little while, Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. We have become as those over whom... [ Continue Reading ]