Isaiah 17:1
That is, enemies will destroy the city completely. They will knock down all the stone buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
That is, enemies will destroy the city completely. They will knock down all the stone buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this special message about Damascus (capital of Syria). *Woe to Damascus! It will become merely a heap of ston... [ Continue Reading ]
Both Syria and Israel will lose their defences. ISRAEL’S FATE V4 When the time comes for God to act, Israel will lose its greatness. V5 The land of Israel will be as empty as a field after workers have collected the harvest. Only a few grains of corn remain. V6 The people in Israel will be like t... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Israel’s greatness’ refers to all that makes the people so proud.... [ Continue Reading ]
The word ‘harvest’ refers to the happiest time in the year. People feel great satisfaction because food is plentiful. But attention here is on the bare fields immediately after harvest. The crops and fruit are not still there. Hardly anything remains.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the end, the people will realise why God is punishing them. And then they will return to God. In other words, they will obey him again.... [ Continue Reading ]
Asherah was the female god that the local inhabitants of *Canaan *worshipped.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Hittites and the Amorites were living in *Canaan before the arrival of the *Israelites from Egypt (see Joshua 24:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Your strong Rock’ is a picture in words of Israel’s God. He offers security. He is like a great mountain. If only his people would run to him, they would be safe from their enemies. GOD WILL DEFEND HIS PEOPLE V12 The loud noise of great armies! Their loud noise is like the loud noise of the sea!... [ Continue Reading ]
When God acts to defend his people, the result is immediate and total. It is God who is the real ruler of the nations of the world. He will act for the benefit of his people. WOE ~ a very sad cry because there is much pain to come. LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language, God’s name... [ Continue Reading ]